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clearstory

American  
[kleer-stawr-ee, -stohr-ee] / ˈklɪərˌstɔr i, -ˌstoʊr i /

noun

plural

clearstories
  1. clerestory.


clearstory British  
/ ˈklɪəˌstɔːrɪ /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of clerestory

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Other Word Forms

  • clearstoried adjective

Example Sentences

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The north aisle is lofty and has a clearstory of three windows over the arcade.

From The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains by Woodhouse, Frederick W.

The panelling beneath the clearstory is richer than that in the nave.

From The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains by Woodhouse, Frederick W.

She handed him a record as they sat there together in a broad ribbon of mid-morning sunlight that flooded down through one of the clearstory windows.

From Darkness and Dawn by England, George Allan

It was, however, probably added at the same time as the nave clearstory.

From The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains by Woodhouse, Frederick W.

It doubtless resembled the basilican churches at Salonica, either with clearstory windows, as in S. Demetrius, or without such windows, as in Eski Juma Jamissi.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander