archway

[ ahrch-wey ]

/ ˈɑrtʃˌweɪ /

an entrance or passage under an arch.

a covering or enclosing arch.

Origin of archway

First recorded in 1795–1805; arch¹ + way¹

My mother leaned into the archway while resting Ted on her hip, and let out a sigh of exhaustion.

‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’ |Eileen Cronin |April 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But the shadow was not that of an archway; it was that of a vault.

Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show |Robert W. Chambers |February 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Small children clambered on top of an archway surrounding the cemetery to watch the proceedings.

America's Islamist Allies in Libya |Babak Dehghanpisheh |April 9, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Even the men who had upheld the archway of swords dropped their weapons with a crash and knelt also.

The Lost Prince |Frances Hodgson Burnett

The sound came from a high-walled enclosure to which the entrance was an archway closed by a massive wooden door.

Poor Folk in Spain |Jan Gordon
The two lay on their faces side by side, the rafters of the archway low on their heads.

Count Hannibal |Stanley J. Weyman
The roar of the breakers suddenly ceased, and as they looked behind them the archway was no more than a speck of light.

The Old Tobacco Shop |William Bowen
Mrs. Errington's head was stretched out of the coach-window as the vehicle clattered up the archway of the "Blue Bell" inn.

A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) |Frances Eleanor Trollope

archway

/ (ˈɑːtʃˌweɪ) /

a passageway or entrance under an arch or arches