Archibald was on the floor of his bedroom one afternoon, picking up the fragments of his mirror-a friend had advised him to practise the Walter J. Travis Lofting shot-when the telephone bell rang.
"The Man Upstairs and Other Stories"
P. G. Wodehouse
Lofting means shooting through the air, so that your taw does not touch the earth till it hits the object aimed at or a point near it.
"Healthful Sports for Boys"
Alfred Rochefort
I was silent, and for the first time in my life I realized that Munchausen was not so very different from certain golfers I have met in my short day as a golfiac, and then Boswell put in: "You see, it isn't Lofting or driving that wins," he continued.
"The Enchanted Typewriter"
John Kendrick Bangs