gybe v 1: shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly" [syn: {jibe}, {gybe}, {jib}, {change course}]
Gybe \Gybe\ (j[imac]b), n. & v. See {Gibe}. [1913 Webster]
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]
Gyb \Gyb\ (j[i^]b), Gybe \Gybe\ (j[imac]b), n. (Naut.) See {Jib}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]