clearstory

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clearstory - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Clearstory \Clear"sto`ry\ (kl[=e]r"st[=o]`r[y^]), Clerestory
  \Clere"sto`ry\, n. (Arch.)
     The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows,
     and rising above the aisle roofs.
     [1913 Webster]

clearstory - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  clearstory
      n 1: part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof
           with windows admitting light [syn: clerestory,
           clearstory]