undercroft

noun

un·​der·​croft ˈən-dər-ˌkrȯft 

: a subterranean room

especially : a vaulted chamber under a church

Examples of undercroft in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Park Service initially revealed plans to turn the undercroft into a museum in 2016, after receiving an $18.5 million donation from philanthropist David Rubenstein. —Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2023

The project will provide floor-to-ceiling glass walls with a view of the undercroft. —Louis Casiano, Fox News, 21 Feb. 2023

Dine-in option on March 4, March 11 and March 18 in the undercroft. —Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2022

The café is located in Edward III's medieval undercroft (a cellar or storage room), which has been used for centuries as the estate's wine cellar. —Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 10 Mar. 2020

New exhibits will be added, and visitors will be able to see the massive pilings and foundation that support the memorial in its undercroft. —Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 14 June 2018

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from under + crofte crypt, from Middle Dutch, from Medieval Latin crupta, from Latin crypta — more at crypt

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for undercroft

• aloft
• hayloft
• coughed
• croft
• doffed
• loft
• oft
• scoffed
• soft
• toft
• waft