Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗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. · Often as gybe at: to balk, hesitate, or vacillate when faced with a course of action, plan, or proposal.
A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a vessel is sailing in. · 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. · A sudden change in approach or direction; vacillation.
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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