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Definition of Archway
1. Noun. A passageway under a curved masonry construction. "They built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory"
Generic synonyms: Entrance, Entranceway, Entree, Entry, Entryway
Group relationships: Wall
Derivative terms: Arch
Definition of Archway
1. n. A way or passage under an arch.
Definition of Archway
1. Noun. A passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry. ¹
2. Noun. A doorway with a semilunar-shaped top. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Archway
1. a passageway under an arch [n -WAYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Archway
Literary usage of Archway
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"... me under a great big archway promiscuously ornamented wid the most improper
... remembering the monstrous horrors of that sculptured archway at Benares. ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1896)
"... S ROW. will be seen from the illustration, the ironwork forms an archway at
the foot of the steps, the lamp hanging from the apex in a ring. ..."
3. Mary Howitt: An Autobiography by Mary Botham Howitt (1889)
"They bore her under the quaint old archway of the village church to her grave
archway OF THE VILLAGE CHURCH. next to that of poor Onkel Johann, when, ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1871)
"THE plaintiff declared that the Highgate archway Company, ... 6. the Highgate
archway Company are authorized, in case they shall think it meet and expedient ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Edward Hall Alderson, William Selwyn (1819)
"... HIGHGATE archway Company against NASH. ""THE plaintiffs having brought an
action against the By rule of defendant upon a bond, all matters in difference ..."
6. Reports of All the Cases Decided by All the Superior Courts Relating to by Edward William Cox, Great BRitain Magistrates' cases (1870)
"This suit was instituted to compel the defendant to give the plaintiff access to
Erskine Mews under an archway over which part of defendant's house stands. ..."
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