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

The Phantom had to come about, and get on the right tack, for Guilford was too careful to gybe in that wind.

From The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder by Optic, Oliver

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

Here Krantzius in the first place beginneth with such a gybe There be many notable things in their manners, &c.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 by Hakluyt, Richard