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What (who) is clerestory - definition
HIGH SECTION OF WALL THAT CONTAINS WINDOWS ABOVE EYE LEVEL
Clear Storey; Clearstorey; Clearstory; Clearstor(e)y; Clerestorey; Clerestories; Clear stories; Clearstories; Overstories; Clerestory window; Clerestory (transport); Clerestory carriage; Clerestory roof; Clerestory windows; Mollycroft Roof
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![The clerestory of [[Amiens Cathedral]] in northern France](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cathedrale d'Amiens - Grandes verrieres et voutes de la nef.jpg?width=200 "The clerestory of [[Amiens Cathedral]] in northern France")
![Interior elevation of a [[Gothic cathedral]], with clerestory highlighted.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clerestory diagram.png?width=200 "Interior elevation of a [[Gothic cathedral]], with clerestory highlighted.")
![basilica-shaped]] cathedral of [[Monreale]], [[Italy]] are covered with [[mosaic]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Monreale.jpg?width=200 "basilica-shaped]] cathedral of [[Monreale]], [[Italy]] are covered with [[mosaic]]")
Clerestory
·noun ·same·as Clearstory.
II. Clerestory ·noun The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.
clerestory
['kl???st?:ri]
(US also clearstory)
¦ noun (plural clerestories)
1. the upper part of the nave, choir, and transepts of a large church, containing a series of windows.
2. a raised section of roof running down the centre of a railway carriage, with small windows or ventilators.
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Clerestory
In architecture, a clerestory ( ; , also clearstory, clearstorey, or overstorey) is a high section of wall that contains windows above eye level. The purpose is to admit light, fresh air, or both.
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Clerestory
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In architecture, a clerestory ( KLEER-stor-ee; lit. 'clear storey', also clearstory, clearstorey, or overstorey) is a high section of wall that contains windows above eye level. Its purpose is to admit light, fresh air, or both.
Historically, clerestory denoted an upper level of a Roman basilica or of the nave of a Romanesque or Gothic church, the walls of which rise above the rooflines of the lower aisles and are pierced with windows.
Similar structures have been used in transportation vehicles to provide additional lighting, ventilation, or headroom.
Examples of use of clerestory
1. The Abbey was crammed from floor to clerestory, and that includes the great stands erected to augment the accommodation.