Definition of Arcades

1. Noun. (plural of arcade) ¹

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Definition of Arcades

1. arcade [v] - See also: arcade

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arcades

arc-hyperbolic functions
arc lamp
arc lamps
arc light
arc of buehler
arc of riolan
arc perimeter
arc welding
arcade
arcade games
arcaded
arcadelike
arcader
arcaders
arcades (current term)
arcadia
arcadians
arcadias
arcading
arcadings
arcana
arcane
arcanely
arcanist
arcanists
arcanite
arcanum
arcanums
arcate

Literary usage of Arcades

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"I. ventral aspect; 2, posterior: v profile, showing the enormous process at the hinder end of the lower jaw. of lizards and the chameleons have two arcades. ..."

2. Shaw's Civil Architecture: Being a Complete Theoretical and Practical System by Edward Shaw (1852)
"arcades AND ARCHES. The arch is, without doubt, a Roman invention ... We have given, in plate 40, designs for arcades with and without pedestals. ..."

3. The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome: A Companion Book for Students and by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1897)
"... URBS SACRA REGIONUM XIV arcades towards the Caelian. The date of this event must be restricted to the period between 1332 and 1362. ..."

4. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Milton, John Mitford, Walter Scott (1850)
"arcades. Part of an Entertainment presented to the Countess Dowager of Derby, at Harefield, by some noble persons of her family; who appear on the scene in ..."

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