loft

A large, usually unpartitioned floor over a factory, warehouse, or other commercial or industrial space.

Such a floor converted into an apartment or artist’s studio.

An open space under a roof; an attic or garret.

A gallery or balcony, as in a church.

A hayloft.

The backward slant of the face of a golf club head, designed to drive the ball up off the ground.

A golf stroke that drives the ball in a high arc.

The upward course of a ball driven in a high arc.