An upper story or loft in a building used for storing corn and other grain crops.
From 'corn' plus 'loft' (an upper room or story). This term refers to the practical medieval and early modern storage solution where grain was stored in the upper levels of structures to keep it dry and safe from ground-level pests.
Medieval cornlofts were essentially the hard drives of agricultural societies—where a year's survival was literally stored in wooden racks, and a single fire could cause a famine, making fire prevention techniques obsessively detailed in farm architecture!
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