Definitions

1. noun

a piece of wood or metal used as a support or fastening, typically a short, tapered piece of wood or a metal pin.

“She used a gib to support the shelf while assembling the bookcase.”

2. verb

to cut or saw a piece of wood roughly or hastily, especially in order to make it fit a particular place or shape.

“He had to gib the wood to make it fit into the old window frame.”

3. verb

to knock or strike something roughly or carelessly.

“The worker gibbed the pipe with a hammer to loosen it.”

4. verb

to cut or sever something, especially by hacking or chopping with a blunt instrument.

“The pirate had to gib the rope to free himself from the ship.”