clerestory

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Etymology

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

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.

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