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.

Etymology: obs. Du. gijben

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.