[
jahyb] 
verb (used without object), verb (used with object), gybed, gyb⋅ing, noun Nautical| jibe 1 . |
[jahyb] verb, jibed, jib⋅ing, noun Nautical| 1. | to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom. |
| 2. | to alter course so that a fore-and-aft sail shifts in this manner. |
| 3. | to cause to jibe. |
| 4. | the act of jibing. |
| gybe (jīb) v. & n. Variant of jibe1. |
| jibe 1 also gybe (jīb) v. jibed also gybed, jib·ing also gyb·ing, jibes also gybes v. intr. To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a vessel to the other while sailing before the wind so as to sail on the opposite tack. v. tr. To cause (a sail) to jibe. n. The act of jibing. [Alteration (perhaps influenced by jib1) of gybe, from obsolete Dutch gijben.] |