Probably from Dutch gijben (obsolete), gijpen; cognate with Danish gibbe, German gieben, giepen, Swedish gipa, gippa.
The noun is derived from the verb; compare Dutch gijb (obsolete), gijp (“act of gybing; a boom”).
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The act of gybing. ▸ A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a vessel is sailing in.
The act of gybing. ▸ A manoeuvre in which the stern of a sailing vessel crosses the wind, typically resulting in the forceful and sudden sweep of the boom from one side of the vessel to the other.
The key to a good gybe is to bring the spinnaker round to the old weather side before you begin, and then to steer to keep some wind in the kite. 2014, Tim Davison, “Symmetric Spinnakers”, in Skipper’s Cockpit Racing Guide: For Dinghies, Keelboats and Yachts, London: Adlard Coles Nautical, →ISBN, page 24:
(broadly) A sudden change in approach or direction; vacillation.
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fr empannage (sudden shift of a sail's angle) · pl zwrot przez rufę (sailing manoeuvre) · he מהפך (sudden shift of a sail's angle) · fi lehmänkäännös (sailing manoeuvre) · sv gipp (sailing manoeuvre) · nl gijpen (sudden shift of a sail's angle) · fr empannage (sailing manoeuvre) · fi jiippi (sudden shift of a sail's angle) · fi äkkikäännös (sudden change in approach or direction) · pt cambada (sailing manoeuvre) · fi myötäkäännös (sailing manoeuvre) · ca trabujada (sailing manoeuvre) · pl zwrot z wiatrem (sailing manoeuvre)
Probably from Dutch gijben (obsolete), gijpen; cognate with Danish gibbe, German gieben, giepen, Swedish gipa, gippa.
The noun is derived from the verb; compare Dutch gijb (obsolete), gijp (“act of gybing; a boom”).
Meanings
(transitive) To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind.
(intransitive) Of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift, often forcefully and suddenly, from one side of a sailing vessel to the other.
[…] I had my Man Friday to teach as to what belong'd to the Navigation of my Boat; for though he knew very well how to paddle a Canoe, he knew nothing what belong'd to a Sail and a Rudder, and was the moſt amaz'd when he ſaw me work the Boat too and again in the Sea by the Rudder, and how the Sail gyb'd, and fill'd this Way or that Way, as the Courſe we ſail'd chang'd: […] 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC, page 271:
(intransitive) Generally of a small sailing vessel: to change tack with the wind crossing behind the vessel.
(broadly, obsolete) Often as gybe at: to balk, hesitate, or vacillate when faced with a course of action, plan, or proposal.
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Translations (21)
bg подигравам се (to change tack with the wind behind) · es trasluchar (of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift from one side of a sailing vessel to the other) · he מַהְפָּךְ (to shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other) · fr empanner (to change tack with the wind behind) · fr virer lof pour lof (to change tack with the wind behind) · nl gijpen (to change tack with the wind behind) · nl gijpen (of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift from one side of a sailing vessel to the other) · de kreuzen (to change tack with the wind behind) · he מַהְפָּךְ (of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift from one side of a sailing vessel to the other) · fi jiipata (to change tack with the wind behind) · es trasluchar (to change tack with the wind behind) · nl overstag gaan (to shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other) · bg надсмивам се (to change tack with the wind behind) · ca trabujar (to change tack with the wind behind) · fi jiipata (to shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other) · pt cambar (to change tack with the wind behind) · nl gijpen (to shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other) · fi jiipata (of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift from one side of a sailing vessel to the other) · he מַהְפָּךְ (to change tack with the wind behind) · bg обръщам платно (to change tack with the wind behind) · es trasluchar (to shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other)