verb
- past tense of gybe: to shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a vessel to the other
Usage: nautical
Examples
- The crew gybed the mainsail as they changed course.
- She gybed too quickly and nearly lost control of the boom.
- The experienced sailor gybed smoothly in the light wind.
- They gybed the sail to catch the wind from the opposite side.
- The boat gybed unexpectedly when the wind shifted.
- He carefully gybed the boom to avoid hitting anyone on deck.