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Gybe Meaning & Definition
Gybe Definition And Meaning

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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