LOFTED

Verb

lofted

simple past tense and past participle of loft

Adjective

lofted (not comparable)

(golf, of a golf club) Having (a specified amount of) loft.

(Scotland) Of a house: having more than one storey.

Raised above the floor, so as to allow for storage etc. underneath.

Anagrams

• deloft, floted

Source: Wiktionary


LOFT

Loft, n. Etym: [Icel. lopt air, heaven, loft, upper room; akin to AS. lyft air, G. luft, Dan. loft loft, Goth. luftus air. Cf. Lift, v. & n. ]

Definition: That which is lifted up; an elevation. Hence, especially: (a) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story. (b) A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, an organ loft. (c) A floor or room placed above another; a story. Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft. Acts xx. 9. On loft, aloft; on high. Cf. Onloft. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Loft, a.

Definition: Lofty; proud. [R. & Obs.] Surrey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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