Words Like LUFF
We have put together a list of words that are similar to LUFF.
7 Alternative Words Similar to luff
10 definitions of luff
1
The side of a ship toward the wind.
2
The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
3
The roundest part of a ship's bow.
4
The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.
5
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.
6
To flutter or shake from being aligned close to the direction of the wind; -- said of a sail.
7
(nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast
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flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides
10
the act of sailing close to the wind