had luffed
- past perfect of luff.
Example Sentences
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The schooner filled away on her course again, after she had luffed up, and the boat was adrift.
From Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark by Optic, Oliver
Two more headsails followed; and before the tattooed man had scrambled to his feet, a topsail schooner, of some hundred tons, had luffed about the sentinel and was standing up the bay, close-hauled.
From The Wrecker by Stevenson, Robert Louis
In the meantime, the man at the wheel had luffed until the weather leeches were flat and the ship scarcely moving.
From Great Sea Stories by French, Joseph Lewis
In the meantime, the Flyaway had luffed up; though she was nearer to Carrie than Paul's boat, she was rapidly drifting to leeward.
From Little By Little or, The Cruise of the Flyaway by Optic, Oliver
Two more headsails followed; and before the tattooed man had scrambled to his feet, a topsail schooner of some hundred tons had luffed 7 about the sentinel, and was standing up the bay, close-hauled.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
