Word Meanings - LUFF - Book Publishers vocabulary database

of a ship was directed, perh. a sort of paddle; cf. D. loef luff, 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,

Additional info about word: LUFF

of a ship was directed, perh. a sort of paddle; cf. D. loef luff, 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. Luff tackle, a purchase composed of a double and single block and fall, used for various purposes. Totten. -- Luff upon luff, a luff tackle attached to the fall of another luff tackle. R. H. Dana, Jr.

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