Delft vs Deloft - What's the difference?
delft | deloft |
A style of blue and white earthenware.
* 1919 ,
*:Here and there was an Italian cabinet surmounted with Delft , and here and there a bas-relief.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=3 A delf; a mine, quarry, pit or ditch.
* Ray
(golf) To reduce the loft of a stroke with.
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=April 13, author=Bill Pennington, title=Sorenstam’s Tips for Flop Shots in Tough Spots, work=New York Times
, passage=To ensure that you do not make a normal transfer of weight to your front foot during the swing, which may be good for full shots or chips but delofts the club in a flop shot, practice keeping your front heel off the ground throughout the swing. }}
As a proper noun delft
is city in the netherlands, in the province of zuid-holland.As a verb deloft is
(golf) to reduce the loft of a stroke with.delft
English
Etymology 1
After the Dutch city of Delft.Noun
(-)citation, passage=Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.}}
Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- The delfts would be so flown with waters, that no gins or machines could keep them dry.
deloft
English
Verb
(en verb)citation