cryptoporticus
Noun
A vaulted arcade or corridor at, or just below, ground level, normally lit by openings in the upper part of the vault; also, a roofed promenade that is enclosed with side walls that have openings or windows instead of columns.
Usage- Ancient-Rome
- Examples
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The cloſe vvalkes, vvhich vvere called cryptoporticus vvere not of choice but of neceſſitie, vvhen extremitie of vveather vvould not let them vvalke abroad.
Word forms
cryptoporticusescryptoporticicryptoportico