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

End of Article: LOFT (connected with " lift," i.e. raised in the air; O. Eng. lyft; cf. Ger. Luft; the French term is grenier and Ger. Boden)
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