luffs in English
verb
1
steer (a sailing vessel) nearer the wind to the point at which the sails just begin to flap.
I came aft and luffed her for the open sea
noun
1
the edge of a fore-and-aft sail next to the mast or stay.
Nonchalant references to booms and jibs and kites and cleats and luffs and lees and heeling and tacking and pointing high can leave the nautical ingénue helpless in a riptide of argot.
verb
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