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Definition of Luffing
1. luff [v] - See also: luff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Luffing
Literary usage of Luffing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Professional recollections on points of seamanship, discipline, &c by Francis Liardet (1849)
"luffing to the wind in square rigged vessels m squally weather. This practice I
have known advocated by very good seamen, but my experience has led me to ..."
2. Exposition of Yacht Racing Rules: Customs & Practices Observed in Match by Dixon Kemp (1898)
"luffing ON THE STARTING LINE. It frequently happens that two yachts get into a
luffing match after the first gun has been fired, and the question has often ..."
3. Hunt's Yachting Magazine (1868)
"As to the rules of the road, they are all pretty well settled, save the one
referring to " luffing." The question was fully discussed last year in ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the District Courts of the United by United States District Court (New York), United States District Court (Vermont) (1869)
"Such luffing and then keeping off did not embarrass the movements of the ...
There was no changing of the wheel in consequence of such alleged luffing. ..."
5. A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing by Dixon Kemp, Brooke Heckstall-Smith (1900)
"OVERTAKING : luffing AND BEARING AWAY. If, when before the wind, a yacht is ahead,
and you cannot pass her, run dead in her wake or a little to windward of ..."
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