By easing the halyard, the luff of the sail was made to sag to leeward.
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Luff
//lʌf//
Synonyms for "luff" (16 found)
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7 translations across 5 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- caient de proa noun (vertical edge of a sail)
- orsa noun (act of sailing close to the wind)
Dutch
1 entries- loef noun (vertical edge of a sail)
Hebrew
2 entries- שְׂפַת הַמִפְרָשׂ noun (vertical edge of a sail)
- שָׂפָה קִדְמִית noun (forward or weather leech of a sail)
Italian
1 entries- inferitura noun (vertical edge of a sail)
Norman
1 entries- lof noun (vertical edge of a sail)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
"The man at the helm was watching the luff of the sail and whistling away gently to himself."
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I thought how my life is like a little boat and I must hold the tiller steady against the buffeting of wind and waves, and how sometimes, like this morning, I lose my hold somehow and the sail luffs helplessly and the little vessel wallows, turning this way and that in the swell.
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"Helm there! Luff, luff a point! So; steady, man, steady!"
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