■ noun
1》 a level paved area adjoining a building.
2》 each of a series of flat areas on a slope, used for cultivation.
↘ Brit. a flight of wide, shallow steps providing standing room for spectators in a stadium.
↘ Geology a natural horizontal shelf-like formation, such as a raised beach.
3》 Brit. a row of houses built in one block in a uniform style.
■ verb make or form (sloping land) into ~s.
Derivatives
terracing noun
Origin
C16: from OFr., lit. 'rubble, platform', based on L. terra 'earth'.