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Jib (crane)
Horizontal or near-horizontal beam used in many types of crane to support the load / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Jib (disambiguation).
A jib or jib arm is the horizontal or near-horizontal beam used in many types of crane to support the load clear of the main support.[1][2] An archaic spelling is gib.[3]
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Usually jib arms are attached to a vertical mast or tower or sometimes to an inclined boom. In other jib-less designs such as derricks, the load is hung directly from a boom which is often anomalously called a jib.
A camera jib or jib arm in cinematography is a small crane that holds nothing but the camera.[4]