gybev.

Brit.

/dʒʌɪb/, U.S.

/dʒaɪb/

Forms: 1600s gibe, 1700s–1800s jibe, 1600s– gybe. See also jib v.¹

Etymology: apparently < Dutch gijben (now gijpen); but the initial /dʒ/ is unexplained. Compare German gieben, giepen (from Dutch or Low German), Danish gibbe, Swedish gippa, gipa.

Nautical.

a. intransitive. Of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: To swing from one side of the vessel to the other.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > support (an amount of) sail [verb (intransitive)] > gybe (of sail or boom)

gybe1693

jib1719

1693 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 377 Ned Burch..brought the saill to gybe.

1699 J. Dickenson Jrnl. Trav. 2 Our Master being on the Quarter-Deck, our Boom~gibing knocked him down.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 22 The Boom gib'd over the Top of the Cabbin.

1873 G. C. Davies Mountain, Meadow & Mere xvi. 133 When the sails gybed one could hear the deep, thunderlike flaps of the brown canvas.

1885 ‘Naseby’ Oaks & Birches I. 188 The mainsail had no boom, therefore it was more likely to jibe.

b. transitive. To cause (a fore-and-aft sail) to swing from one side of the vessel to the other.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > gybe (a sail or yard)

jib1691

gybe1899

1777 J. Cook Voy. S. Pole I. ii. iii. 217 In changing tacks, they have only occasion to shift or jib round the sail.

1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge i. 13 It could be hooked, and unhooked as need were, when she tacked, and it became necessary to jib the sail.]

1899 Daily News 4 Oct. 3/2 Columbia..gybed her mainsail to port.

2. intransitive. To alter the course of a boat when the wind is aft so that her boom-sails gybe. Said also of the boat itself; also to gybe over. Also transitive with the boat as object; also, to sail round (any object) by gybing.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > go about > when wind is aft

gybe1693

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > get into the current of the wind [verb (transitive)] > cause to go about > sail round by gybing

gybe1868

1693 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 376 They gybed, and the boom knock't the sd. Mr. overboard.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Changer les voiles, to shift the sails, to brace about to jibe.

1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 143 Belaying jib-sheet, he came aft, and put helm up to wear round. Just as he jibed, came another flaw from the southeast.

1868 Daily News 27 Aug. The Oimara was striving well to over~take the leaders, preparatory to gybing round the Noman's Fort.

1881 Times 3 Jan. 10/2 Mr. P. was looking out for a bird he had wounded, when the boat was gybed. Messrs. H. and P. lost their balance, and the boat capsized.

1889 H. M. Doughty Friesland Meres 273 Having to gybe, the shock of the sail coming over..would have been considered dangerous.

1896 Dundee Advertiser 11 July 8 The Vigilant held out to gybe the mark.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 383 Eveke..lets her gybe, and I get knocked into the bottom of the boat by the boom.

1899 N. Brit. Daily Mail 9 Oct. 4 Shamrock took in her spinnaker and gybed over.

Derivatives

ˈgybing n. the action of the verb.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [noun] > methods of going about

stayinga1618

boxing1766

box-hauling1769

gybing1769

wearing1769

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine sig. T3^v Gybing, the act of shifting any boom-sail from one side of the mast to the other.

1872 Daily News 12 Aug. 2/4 A seaman, told to ‘stand by’ the preventive back stay in readiness for gybing, had let it go.

1963 Times 31 May 5/1 Inexorably, Shadow sailed past to leeward, where there was still some wind and, though Wildfire did at last get moving again, Shadow was ahead at the gybing mark.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gybe
释义	gyben.¹ Etymology: Of unknown origin. Thieves' slang. ? Obsolete. (See quot. 1673.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > document which permits or authorizes > to go or come > counterfeit gybe1575 ticket1969 1575 J. Awdely Fraternitye of Vacabondes (new ed.) sig. A3 He vseth to make counterfaite licences which they call Gybes. 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 78 They have alwaies a Counterfeit Pass or License which they call a Gybe. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 315 He knows my gybe as well as the jark of e'er a queer cuffin in England—and there's rogue's Latin for you. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018). gyben.² Brit. /dʒʌɪb/, U.S. /dʒaɪb/ Etymology: < gybe v.; compare Dutch gijp (in 17th cent. gijb), of the same meaning; also ‘a boom’. Nautical. An act of gybing. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > [noun] > act of gybing a sail or yard gybe1880 1880 Boy's Own Bk. (new ed.) 314 Jibe, the act of bringing over the sail from one side of the vessel to the other. 1884 Sat. Rev. 31 May 714/2 She beguiled the tedium of the run by gybing all standing..her main-boom went outside the strop on the second or third gybe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gybev. Brit. /dʒʌɪb/, U.S. /dʒaɪb/ Forms: 1600s gibe, 1700s–1800s jibe, 1600s– gybe. See also jib v.¹ Etymology: apparently < Dutch gijben (now gijpen); but the initial /dʒ/ is unexplained. Compare German gieben, giepen (from Dutch or Low German), Danish gibbe, Swedish gippa, gipa. Nautical. 1. a. intransitive. Of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: To swing from one side of the vessel to the other. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > support (an amount of) sail [verb (intransitive)] > gybe (of sail or boom) gybe1693 jib1719 1693 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 377 Ned Burch..brought the saill to gybe. 1699 J. Dickenson Jrnl. Trav. 2 Our Master being on the Quarter-Deck, our Boom~gibing knocked him down. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 22 The Boom gib'd over the Top of the Cabbin. 1873 G. C. Davies Mountain, Meadow & Mere xvi. 133 When the sails gybed one could hear the deep, thunderlike flaps of the brown canvas. 1885 ‘Naseby’ Oaks & Birches I. 188 The mainsail had no boom, therefore it was more likely to jibe. b. transitive. To cause (a fore-and-aft sail) to swing from one side of the vessel to the other. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > gybe (a sail or yard) jib1691 gybe1899 1777 J. Cook Voy. S. Pole I. ii. iii. 217 In changing tacks, they have only occasion to shift or jib round the sail. 1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge i. 13 It could be hooked, and unhooked as need were, when she tacked, and it became necessary to jib the sail.] 1899 Daily News 4 Oct. 3/2 Columbia..gybed her mainsail to port. 2. intransitive. To alter the course of a boat when the wind is aft so that her boom-sails gybe. Said also of the boat itself; also to gybe over. Also transitive with the boat as object; also, to sail round (any object) by gybing. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > go about > when wind is aft gybe1693 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > get into the current of the wind [verb (transitive)] > cause to go about > sail round by gybing gybe1868 1693 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 376 They gybed, and the boom knock't the sd. Mr. overboard. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Changer les voiles, to shift the sails, to brace about to jibe. 1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 143 Belaying jib-sheet, he came aft, and put helm up to wear round. Just as he jibed, came another flaw from the southeast. 1868 Daily News 27 Aug. The Oimara was striving well to over~take the leaders, preparatory to gybing round the Noman's Fort. 1881 Times 3 Jan. 10/2 Mr. P. was looking out for a bird he had wounded, when the boat was gybed. Messrs. H. and P. lost their balance, and the boat capsized. 1889 H. M. Doughty Friesland Meres 273 Having to gybe, the shock of the sail coming over..would have been considered dangerous. 1896 Dundee Advertiser 11 July 8 The Vigilant held out to gybe the mark. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 383 Eveke..lets her gybe, and I get knocked into the bottom of the boat by the boom. 1899 N. Brit. Daily Mail 9 Oct. 4 Shamrock took in her spinnaker and gybed over. Derivatives ˈgybing n. the action of the verb. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [noun] > methods of going about stayinga1618 boxing1766 box-hauling1769 gybing1769 wearing1769 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine sig. T3^v Gybing, the act of shifting any boom-sail from one side of the mast to the other. 1872 Daily News 12 Aug. 2/4 A seaman, told to ‘stand by’ the preventive back stay in readiness for gybing, had let it go. 1963 Times 31 May 5/1 Inexorably, Shadow sailed past to leeward, where there was still some wind and, though Wildfire did at last get moving again, Shadow was ahead at the gybing mark. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1575n.²1880v.1693
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