The main-sheet had been snapped by the jibingof the boom, but the break in the boom was beyond the point where the sheet was fastened.
There was peril in this manoeuvre, jibing a boat in such a sea and wind; but it was clearly the only thing to be done.
Old Anthony and his son were quarreling over the strike, and Anthony was jibing constantly at Howard over the playground.
When we go into politics," said old Anthony in his jibing voice, "the ordinary amenities have to go.
Jibing is the operation of passing a boom sail over from one side of the boat to the other when sailing off the wind.
So it is, if carried out by incompetent persons or reckless fools in a bad boat, but if common sense and caution are used there is no danger whatever in jibing a sail at any time.
The little murmuring wail died to silence, and the half jibing voice was silent also.
Take care that in tacking or jibing the boom does not knock you overboard.
Jibing villain," exclaimed Lauder, "beware lest I spare the doomster all trouble, by passing my sword through thee!
Oh pray Sir Patrick, do not hurry yourself," was the jibing reply.
With this light wind jibing does not matter at all, but if the wind freshens wake me at once.
However as the wind was dead aft there was no fear of this jibing so long as the boat's course was kept true; this was rendered all the more easy by the steady drag of the boat astern.
Jibing the fore- and main-sails and setting the topsails again, we headed back into the bank.
I did not see what went on elsewhere, though I felt the sudden surge and heel of the schooner as the wind-pressures changed to the jibing of the fore- and main-sails.
Nor have I ever seen monk eat and drink as yon fellow did, albeit the ungodly are fond of jibing at them as gluttonous men and wine-bibbers.
The bug-eye swerved and laid over, with the jibing of the booms.
It was a small cask, rolled off the deck of the Brandt as she had heeled with the jibing of the boom.
The schooner was just jibing over and darting along on the Daphne's starboard side.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "jibing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
