- Main Entry:
- 1luff

- Pronunciation:
-
\ˈləf\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- Middle English lof spar holding out the windward tack of a sail, weather side of a ship, from Anglo-French
- Date:
- 14th century
1
: the act of sailing a ship nearer the wind
2
: the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail