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loft |
6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Loft \Loft\, 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. ] 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. Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft. --Acts xx 9. {On loft}, aloft; on high. Cf {Onloft}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Loft \Loft\, a. Lofty; proud. [R. & Obs.] --Surrey. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Loft \Loft\, n. (Golf) Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to drive the ball upward). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Loft \Loft\, v. t. 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. --Encyc. of Sport. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Loft \Loft\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Lofted}; p. pr & vb n. {Lofting}.] To raise aloft; to send into the air; esp. (Golf), to strike (the ball) so that it will go over an obstacle. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: loft n 1: a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space 2: an open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage [syn: {attic}, {garret}] 3: a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept [syn: {pigeon loft}] v 1: store in a a loft 2: propel through the air: "The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air" 3: kick or strike high in the air, of a ball 4: lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull
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