About The Word Gybe
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Gybe
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What's The Definition Of Gybe?
[v] shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Gybe: change course | jib | jibe Related Terms | Find terms related to Gybe: See Also | sail Gybe In Webster's Dictionary \Gybe\ (j[imac]b), n. & v.
See {Gibe}.
\Gybe\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Gybed}; 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 on the opposite side. [Also {jibe}.] |
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