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luff

/ləf/

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verb
sail close to the wind
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Similar:

point

type of:
sail
verb
flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides
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"the sails luffed"

type of:
roll flap undulate wave
noun
(nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast
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type of:
edge

part of:
fore-and-aft sail
noun
the act of sailing close to the wind
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type of:
sailing

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