storeyed
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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It looked so cool and green and dark up there; surely the birds, the squirrels, the very tree-toads,—those polished bits of malachite,—must be happy and fond in their storeyed palace.
From The Californians by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
It was storeyed inside, with ladders joining each floor, and through slits in the side which faced us bowmen could cover an attack.
From The Lost Continent by Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright
Along the banks is a row of tourist boats, a sort of two or three storeyed barracks, which nowadays infest the Nile from Cairo to the Cataracts.
From Egypt (La Mort de Philae) by Baines, William Peter
Near the group of bungalows belonging to the officials and to the prison guards, stood the prison building itself, a large, rambling, one storeyed structure, with many windows fitted with iron bars.
From Civilization Tales of the Orient by La Motte, Ellen Newbold
The trophied arches, storeyed halls invade And haunt their slumbers in the pompous shade.
From An Essay on Man by Morley, Henry
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