Dictionary entry

Colonnade

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Col′on‐nade″ (?), n. [F. colonnade, It. colonnata, fr. colonna column. See Colonel.] (Arch.) A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc.

☞ When in front of a building, it is called a portico; when surrounding a building or an open court or square, a peristyle.