A turn or swerve; an instance of veering.

(obsolete, nautical) To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.

(intransitive) To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.

(intransitive, of the wind) To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere).

(intransitive, nautical, of the wind) To shift aft.

(intransitive, nautical) To change direction into the wind; to wear ship.

(transitive) To turn.