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Lofting

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garretnounAn attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house.
atticnounThe space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.
pigeon loftnounAn outbuilding used for housing and breeding pigeons; a dovecote.
barringverbThe exclusion of someone; blackballing.
lacingnounThat with which something is laced.
liggernoun(slang) A freeloader or hanger-on, especially in the music or entertainment industry.
lathingnounA covering of laths.
putlognoun(architecture) One of the pieces of timber, or metal, on which the planks forming the platform of scaffolding are supported, one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole made in the wall (a putlog hole) for that purpose.
noggingnoun(carpentry) A horizontal beam used in the construction of a building, especially to strengthen upright posts.
lumberingnounThe act of one who lumbers; heavy, clumsy movement.
cobworknounconstruction work made of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, and in marine work often surrounding a central space filled with stones
straddlenoun(finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with put and call options on the same security at the same strike price, giving a non-directional position sensitive to volatility.
ashlaringnounThe act of bedding ashlar in mortar.
lathnounA thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc.
pitching piecenoun(carpentry) The horizontal timber supporting the floor of a platform of a stairway, and against which the stringpieces of the sloping parts are supported.
sleepernounSomeone who sleeps.
putlocknoun(architecture) Alternative form of putlog. [(architecture) One of the pieces of timber, or metal, on which the planks forming the platform of scaffolding are supported, one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole made in the wall (a putlog hole) for that purpose.]
half-timberingnoun(architecture) A method of construction using heavy timber beams, usually joined by tenon and mortice joints pegged together. The spaces between the posts and beams is infilled with material such as wattle and daub, bricks or stones.
torselnoun(carpentry) A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on.
ledgenounA narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.

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