cocklofts

plural of cockloft
as in lofts
a room or unfinished space directly beneath the roof of a building the ski chalet features additional sleeping quarters in its cockloft, which is accessible through a pull-down ladder

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Noun
  • From grand 19th-century apartments with soaring ceilings to former industrial lofts transformed into artistic havens, Paris’s Airbnb scene reflects the same blend of romance and reinvention that defines the city itself.
    Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But then, nothing has been done to the property since Dubbeldam turned the more than 10,000-square-foot space into two apartments and two offices with two terraces in the mid-aughts (back when architects still had quaint notions of Tribeca lofts being live/work spaces).
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Uckotter’s eerie depictions of attics, slip dresses, and toys calls to mind the cinematic worlds created by David Lynch.
    Grace Byron, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Some of the images from Katrina have been indelible, too − of desperate people trapped for days on their roofs or in their attics to get above the floodwaters and of thousands taking chaotic refuge in the Superdome.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Cocklofts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cocklofts. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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