allering
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.
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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