luff
noun
the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail.
is luffing
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present progressiveof luff (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In the second photo she is luffing even farther.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is a collier," Griffith said, "who has hauled from the land in the late gale, and who is luffing up to his course again.
From The Pilot by James Fenimore Cooper
