upfloor

Definitions

An upper storey, especially a gallery or arcade above the arches of the nave, choir, and transepts of a church.

Examples

“At Westminster, a part of the shafts set⟳ about the columns support⟳ the arches and groinings of the ailes, while others in the cluster ascend the upfloors and sustain the munions of the vaulting of the nave.”

“[…] and, as the upfloor was used for the transaction of business, attended by many witnesses, we may suppose⟳ that it was a large, wide, lofty upper story, such as is found in many early Norman minsters.”

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