"choke the luff" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: chokes the luff [present, singular, third-person], choking the luff [participle, present], choked the luff [participle, past], choked the luff [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} choke the luff (third-person singular simple present chokes the luff, present participle choking the luff, simple past and past participle choked the luff)
  1. (nautical) To temporarily stop the movement of a rope through a block by jamming the sheave with the hauling rope; a pull on the rope releases it. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-choke_the_luff-en-verb-9ZUXObMv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for choke the luff meaning in English (1.6kB)

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