Loft

loft, n. the room or space immediately under a roof: a gallery in a hall or church: an upper room.— v.t. to furnish with a loft: ( golf ) to strike the ball up by means of a club called the Loft′er .— adv. Loft′ily .— n. Loft′ine .— adj. Loft′y , high in position, character, sentiment, or diction: stately: haughty.— Lofted house ( Scot. ), a house of more than one story.— Cock of the loft , the head or chief of a set. [Ice. lopt (loft), the sky, an upper room; A.S. lyft , Ger. luft , the air.]