luff

1. n. The side of a ship toward the wind. Source: opted

2. n. The act of sailing a ship close to the wind. Source: opted

3. n. The roundest part of a ship's bow. Source: opted

4. n. The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails. Source: opted

5. 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. Source: opted

6. n. (nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast Source: wordnet

7. n. the act of sailing close to the wind Source: wordnet

8. v. sail close to the wind Source: wordnet

9. v. flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides Source: wordnet

10. (a) The side of a ship toward the wind. (b) The act of sailing a ship close to the wind. (c) The roundest part of a ship's bow. (d) 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. 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. To luff round, or To luff alee, to make the extreme of this movement, for the purpose of throwing the ship's head into the wind. Source: webster

11. To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearerthe wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail nearer thewind. To luff round, or To luff alee, to make the extreme of thismovement, for the purpose of throwing the ship's head into the wind. Source: adambom

12. v:100 n. (nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast n. the act of sailing close to the wind v. sail close to the wind Source: ecdict

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