allering

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allering.
1. Aloring, battlement, or parapet-wall.

2. Gutter, gallery, or passage behind a parapet on top of a building.

3. Alura, or clerestorey gallery (e.g. at Ely Cathedral).

4. Uppermost part of a wall on which the roof-structure rests.

5. cloister walkway.

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