Usually means: Device to adjust sail angle.
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  1. luffer: Wordnik
  2. luffer: Wiktionary
  3. Luffer, luffer: Dictionary.com
  4. Luffer: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. luffer: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Luffer: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. luffer: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Luffer: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Luffer: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (luffer)

noun:  A type of crane or derrick that was historically used in shipbuilding and repair.
noun:  (sailing, yacht racing) One who luffs (sails close to the wind) in order to threaten a windward opponent.
noun:  (architecture) Alternative form of louver [A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.]

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