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Sudden shift, in sailing
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gybe
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly" [syn: jibe , jib , change course ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Gybe may refer to: Gybe, an alternative spelling of jibe , a sailing maneuver Chinese gybe , a type of jibe To deride or tease with taunting words, also spelt "gibe" or "jibe" and done with a sneer Godspeed You! Black Emperor , a Canadian post-rock band, ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gybe \Gybe\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Gybed (j[imac]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Gybing .] [See Jibe .] (Naut.) 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 ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
alternative spelling of jibe .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of gybing. 2 A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a boat is sailing. 3 A sudden change in direction or approach; vacillation. 4 A sneer. (see gibe.) vb. 1 (context nautical English) To change tack with ...
Usage examples of gybe.
Hal put the whipstall hard alee, but as she struggled wildly to feel the wind come across her stern, and threatened to gybe with all standing, Daniel paid off the yard braces to take the strain.
And the boom, which had been acting uneasily, finally decided to gybe, and swept majestically over, carrying two of the Four in front of it, and all but dropped them into the water.
Ben the quartermaster went overboard during a gybe and could of drowned before we got back to him.
The frigate swung until the wind was dead astern, went a point farther and swung her yards about to gybe gently.
She was going like a running bull, but as she reached the ferry the helmsman gybed, then luffed her sharply to kill her way.
Celine bore off, then gybed her round without a hand from Will, and ran offshore like an arrow into the seething blackness.
The boom gybed twenty times that morning, and the Celebrity offered an equal number of apologies.
The mainsail of the ketch flashed in the light as the helmsman gybed to bring the wind upon her starboard quarter.