arcading

Variant of arcade

arcade definition

ar·cade (är kād′)

noun

  1. a passage having an arched roof
  2. any covered passageway, esp. one with shops along the sides
    1. penny arcade
    2. a place somewhat like a penny arcade, containing coin-operated video games
  4. Archit.
    1. a line of arches and their supporting columns
    2. an arched building

Etymology: Fr < Prov arcada < ML arcata < L arcus, arch: see arc

transitive verb arcaded -·cad′ed, arcading -·cad′·ing

to make into or provide with an arcade

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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