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What (who) is luff - definition

FAMILY NAME
Luff (sailing); Luff (disambiguation)

Luff         
·noun The roundest part of a ship's bow.
II. Luff ·noun The side of a ship toward the wind.
III. Luff ·noun The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
IV. Luff ·noun The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.
V. Luff ·vi 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.
Peter Luff (campaigner)         
CAMPAIGNER
Peter Luff (Campaigner)
Peter John Roussel Luff FRSA FRGS (born 14 September 1946), is a British campaigner and activist. He has been active in a number of non-governmental organisations with varying goals.
David Luff         
AUSTRALIAN JOURNALIST
Luff, David
David Luff (born 1969), is a former senior journalist with the Sydney-based, Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper The Daily Telegraph, and a former senior media adviser to the then Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard.

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Luff

Luff or luffing may refer to:

Examples of use of luff
1. Luff said the India–UK relations was as strong as Britain‘s relations with the USA.
2. Sex on Legs, a 75,000 word novel written and read by Brian Luff, will be available for download on audible.co.uk despite Mr Luff, a London–based comedian, having no contract with a traditional book publisher.
3. Oliver Letwin, Peter Luff and Andrew Robathan, elected during the 1''0s, were positive veterans.
4. Mr Luff told the Standard: «We are seriously considering launching a full–scale parliamentary inquiry.
5. Mr Luff clearly riled Mr Blair during the Premier‘s final grilling by the Commons Liaison Committee, which is made up of the chairman of all the select committees.