archway
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
archway (plural archways)
- A passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry.
- A doorway with a semilunar-shaped top.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
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Translations[edit]
passageway covered by an arch
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