luff

• n. 船首の湾曲した部分；風上への航行；延縄帆の前縁。
• vt.船首を風上に向ける
• vi. 船首を風上に向ける；風上に向かって帆走する
• n.（ラフ）人名；（英）Luff；（独）Luff

PIE *lepから、平らな、広げられた、語源的にはloof、手袋、平らなと同じ。

luff

luff: see aloof

luff (n.)

c. 1200, in sailing, from Old French lof "spar," or some other nautical device, "point of sail," also "windward side," probably from Germanic (compare Middle Dutch lof "windward side of a ship" (Dutch loef), which might also be the direct source of the English word), from Proto-Germanic *lofo (cognates: Old Norse lofi, Gothic lofa "palm of the hand," Danish lab, Swedish labb "paw"), from PIE *lep- "to be flat" (see glove). As a verb from late 14c., from the noun.

1. No heavy leading edge causing the kite to luff .

重い最前線がないと凧が逆風に向かって走ることになる。

2.Behind Luff has soccer association president after all the tribulus prosperous uneven standard support.

結局、ルフの背後にはサッカー協会のツワンツィグ会長の支持がある。