loft Definition

loft
noun

1. A room or space under a roof.
2. A gallery in a church or hall.

Example: an organ loft
3. A room used for storage, especially one over a stable for storing hay.
4a. A room or shed where pigeons are kept;

Form: pigeon loft (also)
4b. A group of pigeons.
5. golf.
The relative backward slant of the face of a golf club, the higher-numbered clubs slanting more than the lower-numbered ones.
6a. golf.
A stroke that causes a golf ball to rise up high;
6b. golf.
The amount of height that a player gives a ball.

verb

lofted, lofting
1. To strike, kick or throw (a ball, etc) high up in the air.

Derivative: lofted

Said of a golf club: having a slanting face rather than a vertical one;

Said of a ball that has been struck: lifted into the air.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon loft sky or upper room.