Crossword clues for bibbs
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bibbs \Bibbs\ (b[i^]bz), n. pl. (Naut.) Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast to support the trestletrees.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (plural of bibb English) 2 (context nautical English) Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast to support the trestletrees.
Usage examples of "bibbs".
And Bibbs never, on any occassion of his life, either laughed aloud or wept.
When she had gone, Bibbs mooned pessimistically from shelf to shelf, his eye wandering among the titles of the books.
In the hall they passed the Moor, and Bibbs paused before it while white-jacket opened the door with a flourish and waved condescendingly to the chauffeur in the car which stood waiting in the driveway.
And it seemed to Bibbs that she must have meant to convey her forgiveness.
But to Bibbs, who had now to go to the very heart of it, for a commanded interview with his father, the distant cloud was like an implacable genius issuing thunderously in smoke from his enchanted bottle, and irresistibly drawing Bibbs nearer and nearer.
It contained nearly all the possessions as well as the secret life of Bibbs Sheridan, and Bibbs sat beside it, the day after his interview with his father, raking over a small collection of manuscripts in the top tray.
Standing in the black group under gaunt trees at the cemetery, three days later, Bibbs unwillingly let an old, old thought become definite in his mind: the sickly brother had buried the strong brother, and Bibbs wondered how many million times that had happened since men first made a word to name the sons of one mother.
But after a little while there were no sounds of wheels or hoofs on the gravel, and Bibbs, glancing up, saw that every one had gone.
The workmen placed the flowers and wreaths upon the mound and about it, and Bibbs altered the position of one or two of these, then stood looking thoughtfully at the grotesque brilliancy of that festalseeming hillock beneath the darkening November sky.
All his life Bibbs had kept himself to himself--he was but a shy onlooker in the world.
Then Mary without more ado got into the coupe, and Bibbs followed, closing the door.
One great-uncle, old Gideon Sheridan from Boonville, could not be found, and Bibbs went in search of him.
Lamhorn was obviously disturbed, though Bibbs had been as considerate as possible in presenting the weather as a topic.
And Bibbs gave his sister a shy but friendly touch upon the shoulder as a complement to the handshaking, and left her.
He was gray, however, almost as thin as Bibbs, and nearly always he looked drowsy.