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Meaning of 'luff' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Luff [ n.]
- The side of a ship toward the wind.
- The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
- The roundest part of a ship's bow.
- The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.
2 . Luff [ v. i.]
- To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearer the wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail nearer the wind.

Meaning of 'luff' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . luff [ v]
Meaning (1):
- flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides
Example in sentence:
  • the sails luffed

Nearby Words:

luffed luffer luffing

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