luff
Meaning of luff
noun
- the edge of a fore-and-aft sail next to the mast or stay.
if your luff is flapping, pull the sail towards you to fill it with wind
- steer a yacht nearer the wind.
all you need to do is luff up, head to wind
Middle English: from Old French lof, probably from Low German.
Information about luff
- The plural form of luff is: luffs.
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Hyphenation of luff
luff
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- luff is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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Words that rhyme with luff
Scottsbluff, bluff, counterbluff, outbluff, rebluff, cluff, fluff, pluff, sluff
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