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单词 lofter
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loftern.1

Brit. /ˈlɒftə/, U.S. /ˈlɔftər/, /ˈlɑftər/
Etymology: < loft v. + -er suffix1.
Golf.
A golf club, esp. a number 8 or 9 iron, for lofting the ball. Cf lofting-iron n. at lofting n. Compounds. Now rare.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > equipment > [noun] > club > types of club
play club1685
putting club1690
gentlemen's club1709
putter1783
spoon1790
iron1793
sand-iron1796
whip-club1808
cleek1829
driving putter1833
bunker-iron1857
driver1857
niblick1857
putting iron1857
baffing-spoon1858
mid-spoon1858
short spoon1858
sand-club1873
three-wood1875
long iron1877
driving cleek1881
mashie1881
putting cleek1881
track-iron1883
driving iron1887
lofting-iron1887
baffy1888
brassy1888
bulger1889
lofter1889
lofter1892
jigger1893
driving mashie1894
mid-iron1897
mashie-niblick1907
wood1915
pinsplitter1916
chipper1921
blaster1937
sand-wedge1937
wedge1937
1889 in P. Davies Dict. Golfing Terms (1980) 106/2 It was announced that young Willie Park had at length succeeded in fashioning a lofter that will do all that is desired.
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Mar. 3/1 A ridge of snow..necessitated in many cases the use of a ‘lofter’ instead of the regulation ‘putter’.
1993 H. Penick If you play Golf you're my Friend 122 His bag had five clubs in it—driver, a midiron, a niblick, a lofter, and a putter. In modern terms this would be like carrying a driver, 2-iron, 5-iron, 9-iron, and putter.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

loftern.2

Brit. /ˈlɒftə/, U.S. /ˈlɔftər/, /ˈlɑftər/
Etymology: < loft n. + -er suffix1.
A decoy placed in a tree, etc., to attract pigeons.
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1972 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 4 Mar. 21/2 If ever the value of ‘lofters’ was demonstrated this was it.
1984 G. Hammond Sauce for Pigeon i. 15 It's a decoy, a ‘lofter’, put in the tree to complete the realistic pattern.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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ˈlofter
ˈlofter n. Golf a lofting-iron.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > equipment > [noun] > club > types of club
play club1685
putting club1690
gentlemen's club1709
putter1783
spoon1790
iron1793
sand-iron1796
whip-club1808
cleek1829
driving putter1833
bunker-iron1857
driver1857
niblick1857
putting iron1857
baffing-spoon1858
mid-spoon1858
short spoon1858
sand-club1873
three-wood1875
long iron1877
driving cleek1881
mashie1881
putting cleek1881
track-iron1883
driving iron1887
lofting-iron1887
baffy1888
brassy1888
bulger1889
lofter1889
lofter1892
jigger1893
driving mashie1894
mid-iron1897
mashie-niblick1907
wood1915
pinsplitter1916
chipper1921
blaster1937
sand-wedge1937
wedge1937
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Mar. 3/1 A ridge of snow..necessitated in many cases the use of a ‘lofter’ instead of the regulation ‘putter’.
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