loft

loft

Upper space within a building, often open on one side, used for storage or other purposes (e.g., sleeping loft, hayloft). The term also refers to one of the upper floors in a factory or warehouse, typically undivided by partitions and now often converted to other uses, such as residences or artists' studios. In churches the rood loft is a display gallery above the rood screen (see cathedral), and a choir or organ loft is a gallery reserved for church singers and musicians. In theaters, the loft is the area above and behind the proscenium.

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loft

1. the space inside a roof

2. a gallery, esp one for the choir in a church

3. a room over a stable used to store hay

4. an upper storey of a warehouse or factory, esp when converted into living space

5. a raised house or coop in which pigeons are kept

6. Sport

a. (in golf) the angle from the vertical made by the club face to give elevation to a ball

b. elevation imparted to a ball

c. a lofting stroke or shot

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loft [lȯft]

(building construction)

An upper part of a building.

A work area in a factory or warehouse.

(textiles)

The quality of resilience possessed by wool that permits it to return to its original shape after deformation.

The degree of bulkiness of manufactured fibers and blends.

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loft

1. Unceiled space beneath a roof, often used for storage. Also see attic, garret.

2. Upper space in a barn, e.g., cockloft, hayloft.

3. Upper space in a church or concert hall, e.g., choir loft, organ loft. Also see rood loft.

4. Unpartitioned space in a loft building.

5. In a theater stagehouse, the space between the top of the proscenium and the grid.