porticoed

[ pawr-ti-kohd, pohr- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

First recorded in 1655–65; portico + -ed ³

And now and then you see a pillared and porticoed great manor-house, embowered in trees.

There was a porticoed gallery on the top of a house some way off; it had a few plants growing in pipkins, and a drying line.

A winding path, lined with laurel bushes, led to the arched and porticoed entrance.

There was no reminiscence of the usual Southern porticoed gable or columned veranda.

A short two miles along this road brings us to the porticoed front and white domes of the University Observatory, erected in 1822.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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