Gybe /(jīb)/

Gybe

n. & v.
  1. See Gibe.

Gybe

v. t. & i.

imp. & p. p. Gybed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gybing

  1. 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. (Naut.)