GYBE


Meaning of GYBE in English

v. & n. (US jibe)

v. 1 intr. (of a fore-and-aft sail or boom) swing across in wearing or running before the wind. 2 tr. cause (a sail) to do this. 3 intr. (of a ship or its crew) change course so that this happens.

n. a change of course causing gybing.

[ obs. Du. gijben ]

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