gybe : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: gybe	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for gybe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gybe v shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly" Synonym(s): jibe, gybe, jib, change course
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gyb \Gyb\ (j[icr]b), Gybe \Gybe\ (j[imac]b), n. (Naut.) See {Jib}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gybe \Gybe\ (j[imac]b), n. & v. See {Gibe}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gybe \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}.]