Loft /(lŏft)/

Loft

n.
  1. That which is lifted up; an elevation.
    Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft.
    — Acts xx. 9.
  2. Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to drive the ball upward). (Golf)

Phrases & Compounds

On loft
aloft; on high. Cf. Onloft.

Loft

a.
  1. Lofty; proud. [R. & Obs.]

Loft

v. t.
  1. 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

v. t. & i.

imp. & p. p. Lofted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lofting

  1. To raise aloft; to send into the air; (Golf)