Associations to the word «Clerestory»

Wiktionary

CLERESTORY, noun. (architecture) The upper part of a wall containing windows to let in natural light to a building, especially in the nave, transept and choir of a church or cathedral.

Dictionary definition

CLERESTORY, noun. Part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats