Definition of Clerestory. Meaning of Clerestory. Synonyms of Clerestory

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Definition of Clerestory

Clerestory
Clearstory Clear"sto`ry, Clerestory Clere"sto`ry, n. (Arch.) The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.
Clerestory
Clerestory Clere"sto`ry (kl[=e]r"st[=o]`r[y^]), n. Same as Clearstory.

Meaning of Clerestory from wikipedia

- A clerestory (/ˈklɪərstɔːri/ KLEER-stor-ee; lit. 'clear storey', also clearstory, clearstorey, or overstorey; from Old French cler estor) is a high section...
- it may occur at the level of the clerestory windows, or it may be located as a separate level below the clerestory. Masonry triforia are generally vaulted...
- longer arches of finer design, which run from the outer surface of the clerestory wall, over the roof of the side aisles (hence the visibility from the...
- windows, transom windows, sidelight windows, jalousie or louvered windows, clerestory windows, lancet windows, skylights, roof windows, roof lanterns, bay windows...
- It consists of a Nave, with a hammer beam roof, large plate tracery, clerestory windows and low, narrow aisles to North and South, whose bays are demarcated...
- of pinnacles and moldings. They combined the triforium gallery and the clerestory into single space and filled it with stained gl****. They made extensive...
- eliminate the clerestory wall connecting the nave and the chancel, widening the transept to 165 feet (50 m). As the arches and clerestory began to rise...
- lowest part of the wall of the nave, supporting the triforium and the clerestory in a cathedral, or on the exterior, in which they are usually part of...
- to an architectural basilica, where the nave is lit from above by the clerestory, a hall church is lit by the windows of the side walls typically spanning...
- decorated with the richest marbles and mosaics; it received its light through clerestory windows on the sides, the front, and the rear, and would seem to have...