The leading frigate, now coming up on our starboard quarter, opened fire, and we, Luffing up, returned it with our aftermost guns.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston
The crew were working in silence, whilst West was giving sharp short orders for manoeuvring through the channels, sometimes Luffing in order to avoid a collision, now bearing away almost square before the wind.
"An Antarctic Mystery"
Jules Verne
By this time the "Caroline" had swept by, and she was now Luffing, across the slaver's bows, into her course again.
"The Red Rover"
James Fenimore Cooper