arcade — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A row of arches.

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   The walk down to the Underground station is equally easy, as you pass through the restored undercroft along an arcade of two-way spanning 'quadripartite' arches.

2. A covered passage, usually with shops on both sides.

Verb

1. To cover (something) as with a series of arches.

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   […] its trottoirs brick-paved and shaded by trees of almost tropical foliage—conspicuous among them the odoriferous magnolia, and the melia azedarach, or “Pride of China”—these in places completely arcading the streets—the town of Nachitoches offered the aspect of a rus in urbe, or urbs in rure, whichever way you may wish it.

Noun

1. a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side

   Broader terms

   passageway

2. a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

   Synonyms

   colonnade

   Broader terms

   structureconstruction