aloft

views updated May 23 2018

a·loft / əˈlôft/ • adj. & adv. up in or into the air; overhead: the congregation sways, hands aloft | [as adv.] she held her glass aloft. ∎  up the mast or into the rigging of a sailing vessel.

aloft

views updated Jun 11 2018

aloft XII. ME. o loft(e) — ON. á lopt(i), i.e. á in, on, to, A-1, lopt air, sky (see LOFT).