Loft
Loft (loft) , noun
[Icelandic lopt air, heaven, loft, upper room; akin to Anglo-Saxon lyft air, German luft, Danish loft loft, Gothic luftus air. Compare Lift, v. & n. ]
1.
That which is lifted up; an elevation.
(a)
The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story.
(b)
A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, an organ loft.
(c)
A floor or room placed above another; a story.
an upper story located in a building with a business below, often having no partitions, and in cities sometimes converted into living quarters, or used as studios for artists.
Eutychus... fell down from the third loft.
2.
(Golf) Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to drive the ball upward).
Collocations (1)
On loft , aloft; on high. Compare Onloft. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
Loft , adjective
Lofty; proud. [Rare & Obsolete] — Surrey
Loft , transitive verb
To make or furnish with a loft; to cause to have loft; as, a lofted house; a lofted golf-club head.
A wooden club with a lofted face.
Loft , verb, transitive and intransitive
(Golf) To raise aloft; to send into the air;
(Golf) to strike (the ball) so that it will go over an obstacle.