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Definition of clerestory in English: clerestory(US clearstory) nounPlural clerestories ˈklɪəˌstɔːriˈklɪrˌstɔri 1The upper part of the nave, choir, and transepts of a large church, containing a series of windows. Example sentencesExamples - Light pours down at the ceremonial end from an unseen clerestory set into the roof where it steps up to offer nobility.
- Standing above the river Trent is St Wystan's Church, much of which is of the mid-C14 and C15 including the tower and spire, clerestory, and roof.
- Just one of his guiding principles, that nothing should be built higher than the clerestory of the Minster, has insured that it remains a resolutely low-rise city.
- Highlights of these volumes are the windows of the choir clerestory, and the tracery lights of various chapels and of the chapter house.
- The last major alteration was made soon afterwards when a clerestory was built above the nave arcades.
- 1.1 A series of windows in another large building that are similar to those in a clerestory.
Example sentencesExamples - A cove-lit ceiling vault braced with polished steel rods is dramatically cut away to reveal a steel-framed butterfly roof and clerestory that survive from the original factory.
- A great deal of time is spent studying the sun's seasonal angles, capturing or controlling it with clerestories and tilted roof planes.
- To solve this problem, the architects raised the central portion of the roof to create clerestories that can illuminate any classroom configuration.
- The roundhouse was red sandstone brick with graceful arches over most of the ten stalls and a corrugated metal roof adorned with a ventilated clerestory.
- The main gable roof, with its clerestories and secondary skillions, is clad in a specially rolled profile.
- 1.2 A raised section of roof running down the centre of a railway carriage, with small windows or ventilators.
Example sentencesExamples - Externally the cars have clerestory roofs.
- The four-wheel clerestory roof planked side Sachsen coach will be in original red livery.
- If you decide to glue the roof in place now, install the correct clerestory vent sides, depending on whether your car had air conditioning or not in the period you're modeling.
Origin Late Middle English: from clear + storey. Definition of clerestory in US English: clerestory(also clearstory) nounˈklɪrˌstɔriˈklirˌstôrē 1The upper part of the nave, choir, and transepts of a large church, containing a series of windows. It is clear of the roofs of the aisles and admits light to the central parts of the building. Example sentencesExamples - Light pours down at the ceremonial end from an unseen clerestory set into the roof where it steps up to offer nobility.
- Highlights of these volumes are the windows of the choir clerestory, and the tracery lights of various chapels and of the chapter house.
- Just one of his guiding principles, that nothing should be built higher than the clerestory of the Minster, has insured that it remains a resolutely low-rise city.
- The last major alteration was made soon afterwards when a clerestory was built above the nave arcades.
- Standing above the river Trent is St Wystan's Church, much of which is of the mid-C14 and C15 including the tower and spire, clerestory, and roof.
- 1.1 The windows in the clerestory of a church or similar windows in another building.
Example sentencesExamples - The main gable roof, with its clerestories and secondary skillions, is clad in a specially rolled profile.
- A great deal of time is spent studying the sun's seasonal angles, capturing or controlling it with clerestories and tilted roof planes.
- The roundhouse was red sandstone brick with graceful arches over most of the ten stalls and a corrugated metal roof adorned with a ventilated clerestory.
- To solve this problem, the architects raised the central portion of the roof to create clerestories that can illuminate any classroom configuration.
- A cove-lit ceiling vault braced with polished steel rods is dramatically cut away to reveal a steel-framed butterfly roof and clerestory that survive from the original factory.
- 1.2 A raised section of roof running down the center of a railroad car, with small windows or ventilators.
Example sentencesExamples - Externally the cars have clerestory roofs.
- If you decide to glue the roof in place now, install the correct clerestory vent sides, depending on whether your car had air conditioning or not in the period you're modeling.
- The four-wheel clerestory roof planked side Sachsen coach will be in original red livery.
Origin Late Middle English: from clear + storey. |