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noun Nautical.
1.
the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail.
verb (used without object)
2.
to bring the head of a sailing ship closer to or directly into the wind, with sails shaking.
3.
(of a sail) to shake from being set too close to the wind: The sail luffed as we put about for port.
4.
to raise or lower the outer end of the boom of a crane or derrick so as to move its load horizontally.
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Luffing
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
verb (used with object)
5.
to set (the helm of a ship) in such a way as to bring the head of the ship into the wind.
6.
to raise or lower the outer end of (the boom of a crane or derrick).
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English lof, loof steering gear (compare Old French lof) < Middle Dutch (unrecorded), later Dutch loef tholepin (of tiller)
1175–1225; Middle English lof, loof steering gear (compare Old French lof) < Middle Dutch (unrecorded), later Dutch loef tholepin (of tiller)
Related forms
un·luffed, adjective
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luff
c.1200, from O.Fr. lof, an obscure nautical device, or from M.Du. loef "windward side of a ship."
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