aloft

comparative more aloft · superlative most aloft

1. At, to, or in the air or sky.

   high winds aloft

2. Above, overhead, in a high place; up.

   Someone's turned the chest out alow and aloft.

   1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

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   Enter the Tribunes and Senators aloft: And then enter Saturninus and his followers at one dore, and Baſsianus and his followers, vvith Drummes and Trumpets.

   c. 1588–1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Most Lamentable Romaine Tragedie of Titus Andronicus: […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, and are to be sold by Edward White & Thomas Millington, […], published 1594, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]

   He noticed that he still held the knife aloft and brought his arm down, replacing the blade in the sheath.

   1954, William Golding, Lord of the Flies

   Lewis Cook held the trophy aloft after becoming the first England captain to lead his country to victory in a major global final since Sir Bobby Moore. A white sea of confetti slowly filled the pitch, with each England player taking hold of the trophy on the stage swiftly erected in Suwon to kick-start the celebrations.

   2017 June 11, Ben Fisher, “England seal Under-20 World Cup glory as Dominic Calvert-Lewin strikes”, in the Guardian

3. nauticalIn the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging.

   I think you said something concerning the manner in which yonder ship has anchored, and of the condition they keep things alow and aloft?

   1859, James Fenimore Cooper, The Red Rover: A Tale