loof English

Meaning loof meaning

What does loof mean?

loof noun

— (anatomy, now, chiefly, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The palm of the hand.

— (anatomy, now, chiefly, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The hand, especially, the hand outspread and upturned.

loof noun

— (nautical, obsolete) A contrivance (apparently a paddle or an oar) used for altering the course of a ship.

— (nautical) The after part of the bow of a ship where the sides begin to curve.

loof noun

— The spongy fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa aegyptiaca).