loef.
luff, windward side of a sail or ship. (no plural)
Meaning & usage
luff, windward side of a sail or ship. (no plural)
originally, an obscure nautical device turned to change a sailing ship’s course
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch *loef, from Old Dutch *luof, from Proto-Germanic *lōf-, from Proto-Indo-European *lāp-, *lēp-, *lep- (“flat”). Although attested only very late, its origin in Old Dutch is relatively certain as Old French borrowed lof from it. Cognate, with various inflectional variants, with Middle Low German lōf, Middle English lōf, Old Norse lófi, Gothic 𐌻𐍉𐍆𐌰 (lōfa). With a prefix also English glove, Old Norse glófi.
A sawn-out cavity in one of two crossing pieces of wood in which the other locks
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch *loef, from Old Dutch *luof, from Proto-Germanic *lōf-, from Proto-Indo-European *lāp-, *lēp-, *lep- (“flat”). Although attested only very late, its origin in Old Dutch is relatively certain as Old French borrowed lof from it. Cognate, with various inflectional variants, with Middle Low German lōf, Middle English lōf, Old Norse lófi, Gothic 𐌻𐍉𐍆𐌰 (lōfa). With a prefix also English glove, Old Norse glófi.
a plump, ugly person
Where this word comes from
Germanic, uncertain
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