[f. ARCH sb. + WAY.]

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  1.  An arched or vaulted passage.

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1802.  in Penny Mag. (1832), I. 257. Under the denomination of the ‘Thames Archway Company.’

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1856.  Kane, Arct. Expl., II. xxi. 207. A great archway or tunnel poured out a dashing stream.

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  2.  The arched entrance to a castle, etc.

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1808.  Scott, Marm., VI. xiv. Lord Marmion … Like arrow through the archway sprung.

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1868.  Q. Victoria, Life in Highl., 22. Part of the old castle and the archway remains.

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