"lightwell" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 80",
          "text": "In it a covered porch and vestibule were backed by a vertical shaft or \"light-well,\" which served as a great window both to the vestibule itself, and to the corridors, staircases, and landings that connected it with the upper stories.",
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          "ref": "2017, Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire, Bloomsbury (2018), page 240",
          "text": "The sliding glass door with its rolled-up blinds looked onto a lightwell, composed of a glass platform overhead and carefully angled mirrors that were reflecting a confusing cold light into the bedroom.",
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        "An open shaft that transmits light from above into a staircase or an inner room."
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        "(architecture) An open shaft that transmits light from above into a staircase or an inner room."
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          "word": "airshaft"
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          "word": "air well"
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        {
          "word": "ventilation shaft"
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        {
          "word": "vent shaft"
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          "sense": "an open shaft that transmits light from above into a room",
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          "word": "celobert"
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          "sense": "an open shaft that transmits light from above into a room",
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          "word": "Lichtschacht"
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          "word": "air well"
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