Meaning

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

noun (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air

originFrom Middle English lofte (“air, sky, upper region, loft”), from Old English loft, (doublet of native Old English lyft) of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse lopt (“upper chamber, attic, region of sky, air”), from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (“air, sky”). Akin to Scots lift (“air; sky; firmament”), Dutch lucht (“air”), German Luft (“air”), Old English lyft (“air”). Doublet of lift and luft. Related…

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