gybe

American  

[jahyb] / dʒaɪb /

verb (used without object)

gybed, gybing

1. jibe.

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gybe British  

/ dʒaɪb /

verb

1. (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

2. to cause (a sailing vessel) to gybe or (of a sailing vessel) to undergo gybing

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noun

1. an instance of gybing

Etymology

Origin of gybe

C17: from obsolete Dutch gijben (now gijpen ), of obscure origin

Example Sentences

The team said on Wednesday that Fisher had unclipped his tether and left the cockpit to tidy up a sheet when the boat went into an accidental crash gybe.

From Washington Times • Mar. 28, 2018

Burling said he thought he could lay through the final gate and then gybe to the finish, but he misjudged it and had to make an extra maneuver, slowing the boat.

From Washington Times • Jun. 12, 2017

"So much the better, s'long as you don't gybe her," rejoined the Acting Chief.

From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

So they ran before it largely till the bows were pressed right under, and it was no human poser that saved the gybe.

From Hills and the Sea by Belloc, Hilaire

But the thread is cut between us and we will never gybe again, no, never—worlds without end.

From The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West by Wilson, Harry Leon