cockloft
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A horizontal void between a building's uppermost ceiling and its roof, with no habitable or accessible space.
Example Sentences
- "For if the lowest floors already burn, / Cocklofts and garrets soon will take the turn."
- "All theſe gentlemen appeared at the hour appointed in Mr. Curll's dining-room, two excepted; one of whom was the gentleman in the cockloft, his landlady being out of the way, and the gradus ad parnaſſum taken down; the other happened to be too cloſely watched by the bailiffs."
- "Fires often spread through cocklofts."