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