overcroftn.
/ˈəʊvəkrɒft/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌkrɔft/, /ˈoʊvərˌkrɑft/ Church Architecture.
Esp. in Ireland: a room or series of rooms between the vaulting and the roof of a church. Contrasted with undercroft n.
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1925 P. 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.
1964 B. Whelpton Unknown Ireland xi. 149 The thirteenth-century Church of St. Doulough with its steep stone roof and overcroft.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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