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luff

5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) luff (noun)
  2. 2) luff (verb)
  3. luff tackle (noun)
  4. luff upon luff
  5. pilot's luff (noun)

1luff

noun \ˈləf\

Definition of LUFF

1
: the act of sailing a ship nearer the wind
2
: the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail

Origin of LUFF

Middle English lof spar holding out the windward tack of a sail, weather side of a ship, from Anglo-French
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with LUFF

bluff, buff, chough, chuff, cuff, duff, fluff, gruff, guff, huff, muff, puff, rough, ruff, scruff, scuff, slough, snuff, sough, stuff, tough, tuff

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