Clearstory

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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