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.
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.
Loft (?), n. (Golf) Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to drive the
ball upward).
Loft , a. Lofty; proud. [R. & Obs.]
Surrey.
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.
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