On 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]