Gybe

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gybe \Gybe\ (j[imac]b), n. & v.
     See {Gibe}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Gybe \Gybe\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Gybed} (j[imac]bd); 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}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gyb \Gyb\ (j[i^]b), Gybe \Gybe\ (j[imac]b), n. (Naut.)
     See {Jib}. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gybe
       v : shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail
           jibbed wildly" [syn: {jibe}, {jib}, {change course}]