Thesaurus: gybe

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1. n. See Jib.
2. n. & v. See Gibe.
3. v. t. & i. 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.
4. v. shift from one side of the ship to the other
5. See Jib. [Obs.] See Gibe. 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.]
6. v shift from one side of the ship to the other