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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A passageway under an arch.
  • noun An arch over an entrance or passageway.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An entrance or a passage under an arch or vault; an opening that is closed in or covered by an arch.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A way or passage under an arch.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry.
  • noun A doorway with a semilunar-shaped top.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a passageway under a curved masonry construction

Etymologies

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arch + way

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