Definition of: loft

(lôft, loft) noun
1. A low story directly under a roof.
2. A large storeroom.
3. An elevated floor or gallery within a large building, as a church or barn.
4. An incline on the face of a golf club tending to cause elevation in the trajectory of the ball; also, a stroke which lifts the ball high in the air.
5. A place for keeping pigeons; hence, a flock of pigeons.
—v.t.
1. To provide with a loft.
2. In golf: a To give loft to (a club), b To strike (a ball) so that it rises or travels in a high arc.
—v.i.
3. In golf, to strike the ball so that it rises in a high arc. [OE <ON, upper room, air, sky. Akin to LIFT.]