An upper room or apartment in a house or other dwelling; in later use esp. a loft, attic, or garret (sometimes used as a granary or store-room). Now…
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| 释义 | society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > upper room or loft (20) sollarc897 An upper room or apartment in a house or other dwelling; in later use esp. a loft, attic, or garret (sometimes used as a granary or store-room). Now… roostOE The internal framework of a roof, formed by the rafters and joists. Also: the internal space immediately beneath the roof or amid the rafters; a… loftc1385 An upper chamber, an attic; an apartment or chamber in general; spec. (see quot. 1593). cellara1400 = sollar, n.1 (apparently by confusion: see note in etymology). Obsolete. roofc1405 The internal space immediately beneath the roof or amid the rafters of a building; the attic, the loft. Frequently in in (also into) the roof. garret1483 A room on the uppermost floor of a house; an apartment formed either partially or wholly within the roof, an attic. from cellar to garret, from g… solier1483 An upper room. hall of stage1485 Each of the portions into which the height of a structure is divided; a horizontal partition. an upper chamber. coploft1571 A room or storage space at the very top of a house or other building; an upper loft directly under the ridge of a roof. Cf. cockloft, n. 1a. cockloftc1580 A small upper loft; a small room or apartment directly under the ridge of a roof, usually accessed by a ladder. tallet1586 A loft formed by laying boards on the joists over a stable, cowshed, or the like, commonly used as a hay-loft (hay-tallet); also ‘the unceiled… cotloft1642 Apparently: = cockloft, n. chamber1644 regional. (a) British and U.S. an upper room in a barn, stable, etc., used for storage; a loft; (b) British (originally and chiefly Scottish) the… kitchen loft1648 an attic room above a kitchen, typically used for storage or as an inferior bedroom; cf. kitchen chamber n. vance-roof1655 A garret. Also figurative. sky-parlour1777 A room on the top floor of a house directly beneath the roof; an attic, a garret. Now rare. attic1818 The highest storey of a house, or a room in it; a garret. Humorously, the ‘upper storey,’ the brain. soleret1851 A small upper room. overhead1949 North American regional. A loft. dormer room1951 a room in the roof-space of a house, etc. lit by a dormer window. |
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