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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 863 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LOFT (connected with " lift," i.e. raised in the See also:air; O. Eng. lyft; cf. Ger. Luft; the See also:French See also:term is grenier and Ger. Boden)  , the See also:term given in See also:architecture to an upper See also:room in the roof, sometimes called " cockloft "; when applied over stabling it is known as a See also:hay-See also:loft; the See also:gallery over a See also:chancel See also:screen, carrying a See also:cross, is called a See also:rood-loft (see See also:Roon) . The term is also given to a gallery provided in the See also:choir-See also:aisle of a See also:cathedral or See also:church, and used as a watching-loft at See also:night .

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