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mold loft

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noun
a broad, roofed area where molds and patterns are prepared for construction of a ship or airplane.
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Origin of mold loft

First recorded in 1705–15

Words nearby mold loft

molded depth, molder, molding, molding board, molding plane, mold loft, Moldova, Moldovan, moldwarp, mold wash, moldy
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How to use mold loft in a sentence

  • His mind was like a mold-loft full of designs and detail-drawings to scale, blue-prints and models.

    The Cup of Fury|Rupert Hughes

  • He was out––no, not out of town, but out in the yard or the shop or up in the mold-loft or somewheres, she reckoned.

    The Cup of Fury|Rupert Hughes

  • He was stubborn about beginning with office tasks, and he took her to the mold-loft.

    The Cup of Fury|Rupert Hughes
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