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cockloft - 3 dictionary results

cock⋅loft

[kok-lawft, -loft]
–noun Older Use.
1. a small loft or attic above the highest finished ceiling of a building.
2. a completely enclosed space between rafters and a suspended ceiling.

Origin:
1580–90; cock 1 + loft
cock·loft   (kŏk'lôft', -lŏft')   
n.  A small loft, garret, or attic.

[Probably from its use as a roosting place.]

Cockloft

Cock"loft`\ (?; 115) n. [Prop., a loft where cocks roost.] An upper loft; a garret; the highest room in a building. --Dryden. Swift.
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