cockloft

American  

[kok-lawft, -loft] / ˈkɒkˌlɔft, -ˌlɒft /

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.

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cockloft British  

/ ˈkɒkˌlɒft /

noun

1. a small loft, garret, or attic

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Etymology

Origin of cockloft

First recorded in 1580–90; cock ¹ + loft

Example Sentences

And terrified us so We sprang up to the cockloft, she and I. Then out he hurled, decamping with the rugs.

From The Frogs by Aristophanes

Often the cockloft is empty in those whom Nature hath built many stories high.—Fuller:

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

Often the cockloft is empty, in those which Nature hath built many stories high.

From Familiar Quotations by Bartlett, John

And this here most august and upper-crust cockloft is the Conscrumptive Hospital.

From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas

Ah, well! there are piles of dusty memories in the old cockloft still untouched, but I shall rummage no more to-night.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 by Various