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luff
verb
(luff)
sail close to the wind
Synonyms:
point
,
luff
verb
(luff)
flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides
Examples:
The sails luffed.
luff
noun
(luff)
(nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast
luff
noun
(luff)
the act of sailing close to the wind
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luff
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point
,
tackle
,
mainsail
,
headsail
,
spinnaker
,
jib
,
forestay
,
foresail
,
clew
,
mizzen
,
staysail
,
backstay
,
centreboard
,
daggerboard
,
bowsprit
,
topmast
,
rudder
,
fin keel
,
hawser
,
batten
,
winch
,
mainsheet
,
halyards
,
genoa
,
headstay
,
leeward
,
trysail
,
vang
,
windward
,
sterns
,
solent
,
skeg
,
astern
,
reefing
,
centerboard
,
chine
,
canting
,
dismasting
,
furling
,
gunwale
,
dihedral
,
cunningham
,
towline
,
rhumb line
,
scow
,
forepeak
,
keels
,
sistership
,
roaring forties
,
cammas
,
bowman
,
windlass
,
companionway
,
jethou
,
amidships
,
sponson
,
spock
,
seawards
,
foredeck
,
ushant
,
afterguard
,
gaff topsail
,
towrope
,
hydraulic ram
,
hull
,
knots
,
yawl
,
topsail
,
clove hitch
,
sails
,
foremast
,
spi
,
multihull
,
outrigger
,
monohull
,
kerguelen
,
overhand knot
,
groundspeed
,
gitana
,
strakes
,
sheave
,
ketch
,
bowline
,
clevis
,
transom
,
ebb tide
,
mistral
,
mainmast
,
allen wrench
,
sponsons
,
capstan
,
reacher
,
propeller shaft
,
trimaran
,
davit
,
steerer
,
azzurra
,
anticyclone
,
southerly buster
,
gilmour
,
luff
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