jib n.2
(UK society) an opera hat.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Passing Eng. of the Victorian Era 160/1: Jib (Soc., 1848–80). Flat-folding, ‘chimney-pot’ hat, closed by springs set in centre of vertical ribs. Name from that of the French inventor ‘Gibus’. |
(UK society) an opera hat.
| Passing Eng. of the Victorian Era 160/1: Jib (Soc., 1848–80). Flat-folding, ‘chimney-pot’ hat, closed by springs set in centre of vertical ribs. Name from that of the French inventor ‘Gibus’. |