(Of ship) turn temporarily from a straight course (3)

I believe the answer is:

yaw

(Other definitions for yaw that I've seen before include "Ship's deviation" , "Temporarily get off course" , "Go off course" , "Deviate off course" , "(Of ship) twist sideways" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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