clerestory

English
Nave and clerestory of St Michael's Church, Aylsham, UK

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Etymology

From Middle English clerestory, from clere (“clear: light, lighted”) + story (“storey/story: level of a building”).

Pronunciation
  • (General American, Canada) enPR: klîr'-stôr-ē, IPA(key): /ˈklɪəɹ.stɔːɹi/
  • Hyphenation: clere‧stor‧y

Noun

clerestory (plural clerestories)

  1. (architecture) The upper part of a wall containing windows to let in natural light to a building, especially in the nave, transept and choir of a church or cathedral.
    • 1939 July, “Overseas Railways: Baltic Island Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 49:
      On the Visby-Västerhejde Railway there is a steam car. [...] The upperworks consist of a short clerestory coach body with end platforms and the engine chimney protruding from the roof like a stovepipe.
    • 1951 January, “The Inner Circle and its Rolling Stock”, in Railway Magazine, page 59:
      The cars built before 1913 had clerestory roofs, after the American style, and also were provided with gates and end vestibule platforms requiring gatemen.

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