jib (jibs plural & 3rd person present) (jibbing present participle) (jibbed past tense & past participle )
1 n-count The jib is the small triangular sail that is sometimes used at the front of a sailing boat.
2 verb If you jib at something, you are unwilling to do it or to accept it.
OLD-FASHIONED
(=balk)
...those who jib at the idea of selling their land. V at n/-ing, Also V