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Meaning of GYBE

Pronunciation:  jIb

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly"
 
 Synonyms: change course, jib, jibe
 
 See Also: sail

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Gybe\ (j[imac]b), n. & v.
    See {Gibe}.
    
  2. \Gybe\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Gybed}; 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}.]
    
 

 

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