hypaethral
Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adjective Open-air, outdoor, exposed to the sky.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adjective Exposed to the air; wanting a roof; -- applied to a building or part of a building.
Examples
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Equally irregular are the Riwaks, or porches, surrounding the hypaethral court.
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The stranger stands awe-struck before walls high towering without a single break, a hypaethral court severe in masculine beauty, a gateway that might suit the palace of the Titans, and a lofty minaret of massive grandeur.
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The exposed foundations of the eastern and western walls, where the torrent has washed away the northern enceinte, show that, after the fashion of ancient Egypt, sandstone slabs have been laid underground, the calcaire being reserved for the hypaethral part.
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From prescription, in the case of hypaethral edifices, open to the sky, in honour of Jupiter Lightning, the Heaven, the Sun, or the Moon: for these are gods whose semblances and manifestations we behold before our very eyes in the sky when it is cloudless and bright.
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I have called this imaginary temple hypaethral, because the master left nine openings in the flattened surface of the central vault.
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We have done with those hypaethral temples, that were open above to the heavens, but we can have attics and skylights to them.
Note
The word 'hypaethral' comes from Greek roots meaning 'under' and 'air'.
