gib: Meaning and Definition of

gib

1. a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
1. a thin, wedgelike strip of metal for controlling the area in which a moving part, as the table of a milling machine, slides.
2. a keylike part having a head at each end, used with a matching cotter as a fastening. See diag. underexploded view.
3. (in carpentry or ironwork) a heavy metal strap for fastening two members together.

1. to fasten (parts) together by means of a gib.

gib

1. a cat, esp. a male cat.
2. a castrated cat.

Gib.

1. Gibraltar.