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luff$45631$ - translation to dutch
FAMILY NAME
Luff (sailing); Luff (disambiguation)
luff
v. loeven
clew up
![[[Catamaran]] with full-length ''battens'' in a ''laminated'' sail.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bladef16-1up.jpg?width=200 "[[Catamaran]] with full-length ''battens'' in a ''laminated'' sail.")
![Sail detail at the tack of a mainsail, showing various types of seam stitches where ''panels'' join, ''bolt ropes'' in the luff and foot, and two ''[[cringle]]s''.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hals (Großsegel).jpg?width=200 "Sail detail at the tack of a mainsail, showing various types of seam stitches where ''panels'' join, ''bolt ropes'' in the luff and foot, and two ''[[cringle]]s''.")
![[[Genoa jib]], showing reinforcement and attachment points:<br>
1. Head 2. Reinforcement 3. Luff <br>4. Leech 5. Anti-UV covering <br>6. Headfoil attachment 7. Panel(s) <br>8. Telltales 9. Reinforcement <br>10. Tack 11. Leech control 12. Clew <br>13. Foot control 14. Foot <br>15. Furling marks](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Schema-genois-enrouleur.jpg?width=200 "[[Genoa jib]], showing reinforcement and attachment points:<br>
1. Head 2. Reinforcement 3. Luff <br>4. Leech 5. Anti-UV covering <br>6. Headfoil attachment 7. Panel(s) <br>8. Telltales 9. Reinforcement <br>10. Tack 11. Leech control 12. Clew <br>13. Foot control 14. Foot <br>15. Furling marks")
![Square sail edges and corners (top), [[running rigging]] (bottom)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Square rigged sail parts and running rigging.jpg?width=200 "Square sail edges and corners (top), [[running rigging]] (bottom)")
FEATURES THAT DEFINE A (SHIP) SAIL'S SHAPE AND FUNCTION
Clew; Foot (sailing); Foot (sail); Roach (sailing); Roach (sail); Tack (sail); Head (sail); Luff (sail); Leach (sailing); Clew (sail); Clew (sailing); List of sail terminology; List of sail terms; Glossary of sail terms; Glossary of sail terminology; Sail terminology; Sail terms; Clewgarnets; Clew up; Tack corner; Parts of a sail; Foot (sail component)
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Definition
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.
