COLONNADE


Meaning of COLONNADE in English

— colonnaded , adj.

/kol'euh nayd"/ , n.

1. Archit. a series of regularly spaced columns supporting an entablature and usually one side of a roof. Cf. arcade .

2. a series of trees planted in a long row, as on each side of a driveway or road.

[ 1710-20; colonne COLUMN + -ade -ADE 1 , on the model of It colonnato ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .