What does "gybe" mean?
Gybe: See Jib. [Obs.]
Additional senses
- 2.See Gibe.
- 3.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.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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