gybe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb shift from one side of the ship to the other
    jib; jibe; change course.
    • The sail jibbed wildly

WordNet

Gybe noun & verb
Definitions
  1. See Gibe.
Gybe transitive verb & intransitive verb
Etymology
See Jibe.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Gybed ; present participle & verbal noun Gybing
Definitions
  1. (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 on the opposite side. Also jibe.

Webster 1913