lofter
lofter noun: an obsolete golf club, the predecessor of the niblick.
Noun
lofter (plural lofters)
- An obsolete golf club, the predecessor of the niblick.
- Miss Thorn began digging up the turf with her lofter: it was a painful moment for me. ¶ “You might at least have tried me, Mrs. Cooke,” I said.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- lofting iron
Synonyms of lofter
Forms of lofter
| plural | lofters |
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Origin of lofter
From loft + -er.
Questions about lofter
- What does lofter mean?
- Lofter means an obsolete golf club, the predecessor of the niblick.
- What part of speech is lofter?
- Lofter is a noun.
- What is the plural of lofter?
- The plural of lofter is lofters.
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