GYBE


Meaning of GYBE in English

noun ·see jib.

2. gybe ·noun & ·v ·see gibe.

3. gybe ·vt & ·vi to shift from one side of a vessel to the other;

— said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side.

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