Definition of "lofting" []

• An upper part; ceiling. (noun)
• Lagging or longitudinal timber resting on caps to support the roof of a working. (noun)
• Present participle of loft. (verb)

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• "It started with an innocent experiment in lofting, a technique also known as “skinning” that originated in boat-building."
• "Virgin Galactic's commercial flight plans entail lofting customers on suborbital hops at a price of $200,000 per seat."
• "A hard, bare surface had promised runs and the sight of Steven Croft lofting Wayne Parnell for a languid straight six had par-score predictions being revised upwards."