LUFF


Meaning of LUFF in English

[luff] n [ME, weather side of a ship, luff, fr. MF lof weather side of ship] (14c) 1: the act of sailing a ship nearer the wind

2: the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail

[2]luff vi (14c): to turn the head of a ship toward the wind

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