Colonnade

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Colonnade \Col`on*nade"\, n. [F. colonnade, It. colonnata, fr.
     colonna column. See {Colonel}.] (Arch.)
     A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with
     all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     Note: When in front of a building, it is called a {portico};
           when surrounding a building or an open court or square,
           a {peristyle}.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  colonnade
       n 1: structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns
       2: a structure composed of a series of arches supported by
          columns [syn: {arcade}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "colonnade":
     access, aisle, alley, ambulatory, aperture, arcade, areaway,
     artery, atlas, avenue, baluster, balustrade, banister, base,
     breezeway, caryatid, channel, cloister, colonnette, column,
     communication, conduit, connection, corridor, covered way, dado,
     defile, die, exit, ferry, footstalk, ford, gallery, hall, hallway,
     inlet, interchange, intersection, jack, junction, lane, loggia,
     newel-post, opening, outlet, overpass, pass, passage, passageway,
     pedestal, pedicel, peduncle, pergola, peristyle, pier, pilaster,
     pile, piling, pillar, plinth, pole, portico, post, queen-post,
     railroad tunnel, shaft, socle, staff, stalk, stanchion, stand,
     standard, stem, subbase, surbase, telamon, traject, trajet, trunk,
     tunnel, underpass, upright