fly loft

American  

[flahy lawft] / ˈflaɪ ˌlɔft /

noun

plural

fly lofts

1. a space in a theater, above the stage, which contains the rigging used to move stage equipment and scenery, and is used to store such equipment when not in use.

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Example Sentences

The nearly century-old theater is stuffed to the rafters, quite literally, with set pieces, which hang from ropes and pulleys attached to the fly loft above the stage and wings.

From Los Angeles Times

He was the last man to leave the fly loft and at the time he attempted to lower the asbestos curtain he was twenty feet or more above it, so that when it caught on the arc spot light he was unable to extricate it.

From Project Gutenberg