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luff [lʌf] n (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical the leading edge of a fore-and-aft sail n (Transport / Nautical Terms) tackle consisting of a single and a double, block for use with rope having a large diameter vb
1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical to head (a sailing vessel) into the wind so that her sails flap 2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (intr) Nautical (of a sail) to flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides 3. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) to move the jib of (a crane) or raise or lower the boom of (a derrick) in order to shift a load [C13 (in the sense: steering gear): from Old French lof, perhaps from Middle Dutch loef peg of a tiller; compare Old High German laffa palm of hand, oar blade, Russian lapa paw] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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