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Meaning of upfloor | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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