English
jibsheet
From jib + sheet.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- ‘to throw, shoot’
Proto-Germanic *skautijǭ
Old English sċīete ‘a sheet of linen’
Middle English schete ‘linen cloth’
English sheet
Today it means
noun The sheet (rope) used to control the jib (sail).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / jibsheet