gybe
noun/dʒaɪb/
/dʒaɪb/
(also jibe)
(specialist)- an act of changing direction when sailing with the wind behind you, by moving the sail from one side of the boat to the other Word Originlate 17th cent.: from obsolete Dutch gijben.
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