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lofting
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Lofting (by a bowler) in bowling is throwing a bowling ball more than a short distance down the lane. This is usually done with the bounce pass technique, but can also be done with a straight ball. Lofting is looked down upon by the bowling community and ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 (context obsolete English) An upper part; ceiling. 2 (context mining English) Lagging or longitudinal timber resting on caps to support the roof of a working. Etymology 2 vb. (present participle of loft English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Loft \Loft\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Lofted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Lofting .] To raise aloft; to send into the air; esp. (Golf), to strike (the ball) so that it will go over an obstacle.
Usage examples of lofting.
Climbing a three-step folding ladder that put her waist nearly level with the top of the lofting tube, she set the nightflower into the tube with the fuse down.
A hollow thump and an acrid sulphur smell announced the lofting tube sending its nightflower aloft, and a loud pop the blooming of a ball of red streaks overhead.