gybe

gybe englannista suomeksi

1. kääntää purjetta

1. jiipata

2. jiippi

3. myötäkäännös, lehmänkäännös

4. äkkikäännös

gybe englanniksi

1. To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind.

2. 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.

3. (RQ:Defoe Crusoe) I had my Man ''Friday'' to teach as to what belong'd to the Navigation of my Boat; for though he knew very well how to paddle a Canoe, he knew nothing what belong'd to a Sail and a Rudder, and was the moſt amaz'd when he ſaw me work the Boat too and again in the Sea by the Rudder, and how the Sail gyb'd, and fill'd this Way or that Way, as the Courſe we ſail'd chang'd: (..)

4. Generally of a small sailing vessel: to tack with the wind crossing behind the vessel.

5. ''Often as'' gybe at: to balk, hesitate, or vacillate when faced with a of action, plan, or proposal.

6. The act of gybing.

7. A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a vessel is sailing in.

8. A manoeuvre in which the stern of a vessel crosses the wind, typically resulting in the forceful and sudden sweep of the boom from one side of the vessel to the other.

9. (quote-book)

10. A sudden change in approach or direction; vacillation.

11. (alternative spelling of)