- Loft
- Loft Loft (l[o^]ft), n. [Icel. lopt air, heaven, loft, upper
room; akin to AS. lyft air, G. luft, Dan. loft loft, Goth.
luftus air. Cf. {Lift}, v. & n. ]
1. That which is lifted up; an elevation. Hence, especially:
(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.
especially, 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.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft. --Acts xx. 9. [1913 Webster]
2. (Golf) Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to drive the ball upward). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{On loft}, aloft; on high. Cf. {Onloft}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
