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half story

noun Architecture.

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

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Origin of half story

First recorded in 1610–20

Words nearby half story

half sole, half sovereign, half-staff, half-starved, half step, half story, half-stuff, half term, half the battle, half tide, half tiger

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Example sentences 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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