Luff tarimas:

/lʌf/

Luff audio:

Žodžio paaiškinimas anglų kalba:

• noun: The act of sailing closer into the wind.
• noun: The forward side of a fore-and-aft sail.
• noun: Archaic The fullest part of the bow of a ship.
• verb-intransitive: To steer a sailing vessel closer into the wind, especially with the sails flapping.
• verb-intransitive: To flap while losing wind. Used of a sail.
• verb-transitive: To sail (a vessel, such as a yacht) closer into the wind during a race so as to prevent an opponent's craft from passing on the windward side.
• verb-transitive: To raise or lower (the boom of a crane or derrick).

Lietuviškos reikšmės:

(laivo) priešvėjinė pusė

luff of the bow laivapriekio žiauna 2 (burės) priekinė škatorina v pakreipti/plaukti prieš vėją