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Gybe
Gybe meaning
To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind. | 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. | Generally of a small sailing vessel: to change tack with the wind crossing behind the vessel.
Synonyms of Gybe
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Example sentences (1)
By the second lap, Prior had pulled out a sizable lead but his boat suffered gear failure after the gybe which almost cost him the race.