loft

[[t]lɔft, lɒft[/t]]

n.

1) a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret

2) a gallery or upper level in a church, hall, etc., for a special purpose:

a choir loft[/ex]

3) agr.

hayloft

4) archit. an upper story of a business building, warehouse, or factory, typically consisting of open floor area without partitions

5) archit. such an upper story converted or adapted to any of various uses, as quarters for living, studios for artists or dancers, exhibition galleries, or theater space

6) fur Also called loft′ bed`. a balcony or platform built over a living area and used for sleeping

7) spo Golf.

a) the slope of the face of the head of a club backward from the vertical, tending to drive the ball upward

b) the act of lofting

c) a lofting stroke

8) tex the resiliency of fabric or yarn, esp. wool

9) tex the thickness of a fabric or of insulation used in a garment, as a down-filled jacket

10) to hit or throw aloft:

He lofted a fly ball into center field[/ex]

11) spo Golf.

a) to slant the face of (a club)

b) to hit (a golf ball) into the air or over an obstacle

c) to clear (an obstacle) in this manner

12) to store in a loft

13) to hit or throw something, esp. a ball, aloft

14) to go high into the air when hit, as a ball

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Etymology: bef. 1000; ME lofte (n.), late OE loft < ON lopt upper region