ALOFT Meaning of ALOFT in English ■ adjective & adverb up in or into the air. ↘up the mast or into the rigging of a ship.OriginME: from ON á lopt , á lopti , from á 'in, on, to' + lopt 'air'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004