gybe
jibe
(intr) (of a fore-and-aft sail) to shift suddenly from one side of the vessel to the other when running before the wind, as the result of allowing the wind to catch the leech
to cause (a sailing vessel) to gybe or (of a sailing vessel) to undergo gybing
an instance of gybing
Origin of gybe
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How to use gybe in a sentence
In running before the wind a guy is often attached to the main boom of a schooner to prevent a sudden gybe.
The Sportswoman's Library, v. 2 | VariousThe Phantom had to come about, and get on the right tack, for Guilford was too careful to gybe in that wind.
The Yacht Club | Oliver Opticgybe, or Jibe, to; to shift over the boom of a fore-and-aft sail.
But the thread is cut between us and we will never gybe again, no, never—worlds without end.
The Lions of the Lord | Harry Leon WilsonSo they ran before it largely till the bows were pressed right under, and it was no human poser that saved the gybe.
Hills and the Sea | H. Belloc
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