[loft] n [ME, fr. OE, air, sky, fr. ON lopt; akin to OHG luft air] (13c) 1: an upper room or floor: attic
2. a: a gallery in a church or hall b: one of the upper floors of a warehouse or business building esp. when not partitioned "living in a converted ~" c: hayloft 3 a: the backward slant of the face of a golf-club head b: the act of lofting
4: the thickness of a fabric or insulating material (as goose down) -- loft.like adj
[2]loft vt (1518) 1: to place, house, or store in a loft
2: to propel through the air or into space "~ed a long hit to center" "instruments ~ed by a powerful rocket"
3: to lay out a full-sized working drawing of the lines and contours of (as a ship's hull) ~ vi 1: to propel a ball high into the air
2: to rise high