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overcroft|ˈəʊvəkrɒft| [f. over- 8 c + croft n.2] In early church architecture, a series of small rooms below the roof (see quot. 1925).
1925P. Power Early Christian Ireland ii. 22 On the inside the little building is roofed, or ceiled, by a barrel vault, between which and the outer stone roof there is an overcroft, or series of very small rooms, lighted by opes in the gable. 1964B. Whelpton Unknown Ireland xi. 149 The thirteenth-century Church of St. Doulough with its steep stone roof and overcroft. |