terracing

ter·race  (trs)

n.

1.

a. A porch or walkway bordered by colonnades.

b. A platform extending outdoors from a floor of a house or apartment building.

2. An open, often paved area adjacent to a house serving as an outdoor living space; a patio.

3. A raised bank of earth having vertical or sloping sides and a flat top: turning a hillside into a series of ascending terraces for farming.

4. A flat, narrow stretch of ground, often having a steep slope facing a river, lake, or sea.

5.

a. A row of buildings erected on raised ground or on a sloping site.

b. A section of row houses.

c. Abbr. Ter. or Terr. A residential street, especially on a slope or hill.

6. A narrow strip of landscaped earth in the middle of a street.

7. Chiefly Upper Northern & Midwestern U.S. See parking. See Regional Note at parking.

tr.v. ter·raced, ter·rac·ing, ter·rac·es

1. To provide (a house, for example) with a terrace or terraces.

2. To form (a hillside or sloping lawn, for example) into terraces.

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[French, from Old French, from Old Provençal terrassa, from Vulgar Latin *terrcea, feminine of *terrceus, earthen, from Latin terra, earth; see ters- in Indo-European roots.]

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terracing [ˈtɛrəsɪŋ]

n

1. a series of terraces, esp one dividing a slope into a steplike system of flat narrow fields

2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) the act of making a terrace or terraces

3. (Team Sports / Football Terms (both Rugby & Soccer)) another name for terrace [7a]

Translations

terracing

n no pl

(on land) → Terrassen pl

(Brit Sport) → Ränge pl

terracing [ˈtɛrəsɪŋ] n (Agr) → terrazzamento (Brit) (Sport) the terracing → le gradinate

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terracing [ˈtɛrəsɪŋ] n (Agr) → terrazzamento (Brit) (Sport) the terracing → le gradinate