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aloft

adverb

high up; far above the ground.
Nautical.
1. on the masts; in the rigging; overhead.
2. (on a square-rigged sailing ship) in the upper rigging, specifically, on or above the lower yards (opposed to alow).
in or into the air.

preposition

on or at the top of: flags flying aloft the castle.

adverb, adjective (postpositive)

in or into a high or higher place; up above
nautical in or into the rigging of a vessel

adv.

c.1200, from a Scandinavian source; cf. Old Norse a lopti “up above,” literally “up in the air,” from a “in, on” + lopt “sky, air, atmosphere; loft, upper room” (cf. Gothic luftus, Old High German luft, Old English lyft “air;” see loft).