Gybe v. t. & v. i. (past & past part. gybed; pres. part. gybing) (Also jibe) (Naut.) To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side.
... turned to me—"bring her nose round to sou'-west and by south, and stand by for the gybe." He hauled in the main-sheet and eased it over. "Now, see here, lad," he called to me sharply as the little vessel yawed: "where were your eyes ... — Poison Island • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (Q)