Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless maid
1) To steer close to the wind 2) The rippling effect on a sail caused when, in this condition, the sail begins to spill its wind
The weather-gauge The part of a vessel towards the wind A sailing close to the wind (Dutch, loef, a weather-gauge ) To luff is to turn the head of a ship towards the wind Luff!- i e Put the tiller on the leeside This is done to make the ship sail nearer the wind Luff round! Throw the ship's head right into the wind Luff a-lee! Same as luff round A ship is said to spring her luff when she yields to the helm by sailing nearer the wind Keep the luff The wind side
To bring a vessel's head nearer to the wind, so the sails start to spill wind, by putting the helm down or increasing the sail area toward the stern Also the order--as in "luff round!" or "luff up!"--to throw the ship's head into the wind in order to tack
sailing close to the wind flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides; "the sails luffed" sail close to the wind In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately; used in a good sense; as, they luckily escaped injury
(wind) To turn the BLADEs of a windmill into the wind so they will rotate F - lofer S - cenir el viento
To tremble; said of sails when a boat is headed in a direction too close to the wind
1 The forward edge of a sail 2 To alter course so that the boat sails closer to the wind or turns into the wind 3 A sail luffs when the wind backs it close to the luff, i e when the boat is pointed too close to the wind or when the sail is not trimmed in far enough
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
1 The forward edge of a sail; 2 To bring the boat closer to the wind making the sails flutter, or luff; 3 To bring a boat head to wind