Clerestory: alternatives and connections

A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roo…

Furnished with an aisle or aisles.

Without an aisle.

Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater.

The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the risi…

The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See Base, n.,…

An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper sto…

A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel;…

An interwoven or latticed wall or inclosure; latticework, rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of justice, between the ch…

Something rising in a conical shape; specifically, a hill rising to a point.

The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearanc…

A low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; mezzanine.

Having windows; characterized by windows.

That which is feigned, invented, or imagined; especially, a feigned or invented story, whether oral or written. Hence: A story told in…

Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also,…

A story of a building. See Story.

In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly either with the govern…

Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, gen…