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What (who) is Gybe - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Gybe (disambiguation)
gybe
[d???b]
(US jibe) Sailing
¦ verb change course by swinging the sail across a following wind.
?(of a sail or boom) swing across the wind.
¦ noun an act of gybing.
Origin
C17: from obs. Du. gijben.
Gybing
SAILING MANEUVER WHEREBY A SAILING VESSEL REACHING DOWNWIND TURNS ITS STERN THROUGH THE WIND
Jibing; Wear (sailing); Jibes; Jibed; Gibing; Gybing; Wearing ship; Wearing (sailing); Accidental jibe; Jibe (sailing)
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Gybe.
Wikipedia
Gybe
Gybe may refer to:
- Gybe, an alternative spelling of jibe, a sailing maneuver
- Chinese gybe, a type of jibe
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor, a Canadian post-rock band, commonly abbreviated to GY!BE
- God Speed You! Black Emperor, a Japanese motorcycle film that gave the band their name.
Examples of use of Gybe
1. Team New Zealand struck back with an attacking gybe, swinging the boat over to the left hand side of the course.
2. Alinghi led at the last mark by 25 seconds, with the Kiwis trying the same agressive gybe as on the first time round but failing to make much impact on SUI100‘s lead.