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Meanings of gybe in English

Shift from one side of the ship to the other.

Usage of gybe in English
1
But the thread is cut between us and we will never gybe again, no, never-worldswithout end.
The Lions of the Lord: A Tale of the Old West
2
Warkalla held of the 33 year old Irish sailor until the gybe mark, when Lyttle overtook him and established some working distance.
The Irish Times
3
The variation, trifling as it was, brought the wind on the opposite quarter, and caused the boom that distended her mainsail to gybe.
The Water-Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale
4
So they ran before it largely till the bows were pressed right under, and it was no human poser that saved the gybe.
Hills and the Sea
Frequent collocations
Gybe through the time