loft Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space
noun floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
attic; garret.
noun (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air
noun a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept
pigeon loft.
verb store in a loft
verb propel through the air
- The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air
verb kick or strike high in the air
- loft a ball
verb lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull

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.
Chaucer.