The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Jig

Sea Terms

An extra purchase made fast to one end of the throat and peak halliards. The bight of the halliards is rove through the blocks, and the two ends are led down on deck, one on each side of the mast. One of these ends is the regular hauling part, and the other end has a purchase to it which is called the jig.

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