Meaning of GYBE
| Pronunciation: | | jIb
|
|
|
| |
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
[v] shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly" |
| |
GYBE is a 4 letter word that starts with G. |
| | Synonyms: | | change course, jib, jibe |
| |
| | See Also: | | sail | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
\Gybe\ (j[imac]b), n. & v.
See {Gibe}.
\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}.]
|
| |
|
|