Meaning & use
lofting
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Hitting, throwing, or sending something in a high arc through the air.
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She practiced lofting the golf ball over the bunker onto the green.
The shipwright spent weeks lofting the hull's curves from the design drawings.
A note on using this word
In shipbuilding, lofting refers to the traditional technique of drawing a vessel's curves full-size on the floor of a loft to create construction templates.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
The technique of drawing a ship's hull lines at full size to create construction templates.
The apprentice learned the art of lofting before touching the timber.
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