Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Luffing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Luff \Luff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Luffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Luffing}.] (Naut.)
To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearer
the wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail
nearer the wind.
{To luff round}, or {To luff alee}, to make the extreme of
this movement, for the purpose of throwing the ship's head
into the wind.
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