How to pronounce“luff”in English
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Definitions of “luff”
The vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind.
“By easing the halyard, the luff of the sail was made to sag to leeward.”
The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
To shake due to being trimmed improperly.
“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.”
To bring the ship's head up closer to the wind. (Alternatively luff up)
“"Helm there! Luff, luff a point! So; steady, man, steady!"”
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