Hypertext Webster Gateway: "colonnade"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Note: When in front of a building, it is called a portico;
when surrounding a building or an open court or square,
a peristyle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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