arcade

ar·cade

noun \är-ˈkād\

Definition of ARCADE

1

: a long arched building or gallery

2

: an arched covered passageway or avenue (as between shops)

3

: a series of arches with their columns or piers

4

: an amusement center having coin-operated games

Origin of ARCADE

French, from Italian arcata, from arco arch, from Latin arcus

First Known Use: 1725

Other Architecture Terms

buttress, casita, cornice, fanlight, garret, lintel, parapet, pilaster, plinth

Rhymes with ARCADE

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