Clerestory definition

Clerestory means an outside wall of a room or building that rises above an adjoining roof and contains windows.
Clerestory means an outside wall of a building which rises above an adjacent roof and contains vertical windows.
Clerestory means a continuous band of windows located just below the ceiling of a generally tall and important space.

Examples of Clerestory in a sentence

  • Clerestory roof areas have painted standing seam metal roofs on ice & water shield on plywood decking on engineered wood joists.


More Definitions of Clerestory

Clerestory means a window within a vertical exterior wall, usually above a roof surface, primarily for introducing ventilation, illumination, or solar radiation into occupied or habitable space.

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