The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Jibe

Sea Terms

To shift the booms from one side of the vessel to the other in sailing; to bring the wind on what was the lee side, and allow the booms to swing across the deck and the sails to fill on the new tack.

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