■ noun
1》 a room or storage space directly under the roof of a house or other building.
↘a gallery in a church or hall.
↘a large, open area in a warehouse or other large building that has been converted into living space.
↘ US part of a room on a higher level than the rest of the room.
2》 a pigeon house.
3》 Golf upward inclination given to the ball in a stroke.
↘backward slope of the head of a club, designed to give such inclination.
4》 the thickness of insulating matter in an object such as a sleeping bag.
■ verb
1》 kick, hit, or throw (a ball or missile) high up.
2》 [usu. as adjective ~ed ] give ~ to the head of (a golf club).
Origin
OE, from ON lopt 'air, upper room', of Gmc origin.