English-Thai Dictionary

luff

N การ แล่น เรือ ทวนกระแส ลม  kan-lean-ruea-tuan-kra-sea-lom

 

luff

N ส่วน ที่ กว้าง ที่สุด ของ เรือ  suan-ti-kwang-ti-sud-kong-ruea

 

luff

VI แล่น เรือ ทวน ลม  lean-ruea-tuan-lom

 

luff up

PHRV หัน เรือ ไป ทิศ ที่ มี ลม  hab-ruea-pai-tid-ti-me-lom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LUFF

n.The palm of the hand.

 

LUFF

n. Weather-gage, or part towards the wind; or the sailing of a ship close to the wind.

 

LUFF

v.i.To turn the head of a ship towards the wind; to sail nearer the wind. Hence, in the imperative, luff, is an order to put the tiller on the lee-side, in order to make the ship sail nearer the wind. Luff round, or luff a-lee, is the extreme of this movement, intended to throw the ship's head into the wind. A ship is said to spring her luff, when she yields to the helm by sailing nearer the wind.

 

LUFF-TACKLE

n.A large tackle not destined for any particular place in the ship, but movable at pleasure.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LUFF

Luff, n. Etym: [OE. lof, prob. a sort of timber by which the course of a ship was directed, perh. a sort of paddle; cf. D. loef luff, loeven to luff. The word is perh. akin to E. glove. Cf. Aloof. ] (Naut. ) (a ) The side of a ship toward the wind. (b ) The act of sailing a ship close to the wind. (c ) The roundest part of a ship's bow. (d ) The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails. Luff tackle, a purchase composed of a double and single block and fall, used for various purposes. Totten. -- Luff upon luff, a luff tackle attached to the fall of another luff tackle. R. H. Dana, Jr.

 

LUFF

Luff, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Luffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Luffing.] (Naut. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

LUFFA

Luf "fa, n. [NL. , fr. Ar. lufah.] (Bot. ) (a ) A small genus of tropical cucurbitaceous plants having white flowers, the staminate borne in racemes, and large fruits with a dry fibrous pericarp. The fruit of several species and the species themselves, esp. L. Ægyptiaca, are called dishcloth gourds. (b ) Any plant of this genus, or its fruit. (c ) The fibrous skeleton of the fruit, used as a sponge and in the manufacture of caps and women's hats; -- written also loofah.

 

LUFFER

LUFFER Luf "fer, n. (Arch. )

 

Defn: See Louver.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

luff

luff |ləf ləf | ▶noun the edge of a fore-and-aft sail next to the mast or stay. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 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. • obstruct (an opponent in yacht racing ) by sailing closer to the wind. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French lof, probably from Low German.

 

luffa

luf fa |ˈləfə, ˈlo͞ofə ˈləfə | ▶noun variant spelling of loofah.

 

Oxford Dictionary

luff

luff |lʌf |Sailing ▶noun the edge of a fore-and-aft sail next to the mast or stay. ▶verb [ with obj. ] steer (a yacht ) nearer the wind: I came aft and luffed her for the open sea. • obstruct (an opponent in yacht racing ) by sailing closer to the wind. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French lof, probably from Low German.

 

Duden Dictionary

Luffa

Luf fa Substantiv, feminin , die |L u ffa |arabisch-spanisch-neulateinisch kürbisartige Pflanze, aus deren schwammartiger Frucht die Luffaschwämme hergestellt werden

 

Luffaschwamm

Luf fa schwamm Substantiv, maskulin , der |L u ffaschwamm |schwammartige Frucht der Luffa

 

French Dictionary

luffa

luffa ou loofa n. m. nom masculin Plante grimpante dont la pulpe constitue l ’éponge végétale. Prononciation La lettre u ou les lettres oo se prononcent ou, [lufa ]

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

luff

luff /lʌf /名詞 複 ～s C 縦帆の前ぶち .動詞 自動詞 船首を風上に向ける (up ).他動詞 …の風上に出る .