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half story

noun Architecture.

a usable living space within a sloping roof, usually having dormer windows for lighting.

Words nearby half story

half size, half snipe, half sole, half sovereign, half step, half story, half term, half the battle, half tide, half tiger, half title

Origin of half story

First recorded in 1610–20

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for half story

The half-story at the summit is ornamented with a row of arches, supported by pilasters.
The Pictureque Antiquities of Spain;|Nathaniel Armstrong Wells
Olive rose suddenly, silently declined her mother's aid, and went alone to their chamber in the half-story.
Madame Delphine|George W. Cable
A wonderful thing about it was that it was half-game and half-story.
Maida's Little Shop|Inez Haynes Irwin
We slept in a half-story room with windows opening on the porch roof.
South American Fights and Fighters|Cyrus Townsend Brady

Lena climbed to her room in the third half-story of the Quarrymen's Hotel.
Heart of the West|O. Henry

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