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terraced, ppl. a.|ˈtɛrəst|
[f. terrace n. or v. + -ed.]
Formed into or furnished with a terrace or terraces; arranged or constructed in terrace form. Of a house: cf. terrace house s.v. terrace n. 7.
In quot. 1644, Furnished with a colonnade or covered ambulatory.
1644Evelyn Diary 4 Nov., The court is square and tarrass'd. 1727–46Thomson Summer 1429 To Clermont's terrass'd height, and Esher's groves. 1797Mrs. Radcliffe Ital. i, Its terraced roofs crowded with spectators. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey I. 108 The dwellings..are..niched..in the terraced cliffs. 1880C. R. Markham Peruv. Bark 365 The space between being sown with rice in terraced fields. 1904J. T. Fowler Durh. Univ. 63 The rebuilt keep conspicuous on a terraced mound. 1958Daily Express 3 Apr. 7/7 Their tiny terraced home in the back streets of Horden, Durham. 1976Milton Keynes Express 28 May 1/3 She has no intention of leaving her terraced home. 1979Guardian 19 June 4/2 The old-fashioned terraced house..is on the way back. |