单词 | to gybe over |
释义 | > as lemmasto gybe over 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. < as lemmas |
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