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Definition of Lofters
1. lofter [n] - See also: lofter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lofters
Literary usage of Lofters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1903)
"... aforesaid to my brother John Eden, of lofters, in Cleveland, in Yorkshire ;
and my sister Hannah Johnson, of Whitby, in Yorkshire, and their heirs." «. ..."
2. Fire Insurance Inspection & Underwriting by Charles Carroll Dominge, W. O. Lincoln (1920)
"In "Brew" house, the "lofters" or "legs," which are traveling belts, enclosed in
wood boxing, on which buckets are fastened, conveying grain from one floor ..."
3. Supplement to Encyclopædia Britannica (ninth Edition): A Dictionary of Arts (1889)
"At different points in the structure are placed the elevators proper, or, as they
are sometimes called, the "lofters. These are endless belts studded with ..."
4. A/S/L: Yearbook Academy of Architecture Amsterdam/Maastricht by Laurens ten Kate (2002)
"'Experimenteer met de formule van de 'dreamers, pioneers, villagers and lofters',
of ontwerp aan een collectief geregisseerde woonomgeving in de traditie ..."
5. Stoddart's Encyclopaedia Americana: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by American supplement, Encyclopaedia britannica (1884)
"At different pointe in the structure are placed the elevators proper, or, as they
are sometimes called, the "lofters. These are endless belts studded with ..."
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