Category:Gybe

Gyb, Gybe (, n. (Naut.)

Defn: See Jib. [Obs.]

gybe Gybe, n. & v.

Defn: See Gibe.

gybe Gybe, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Gybed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gybing.] Etym: [See Jibe.] (Naut.)

Defn: 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. [Also jibe.]