cryptoportico

Noun

cryptoporticus (plural cryptoporticuses or cryptoportici)

1. (Ancient-Rome) A vaulted arcade or corridor at, or just below, ground level, normally lit by openings in the upper part of the vault; also, a roofed promenade that is enclosed with side walls that have openings or windows instead of columns.
   • The cloſe vvalkes, vvhich vvere called cryptoporticus vvere not of choice but of neceſſitie, vvhen extremitie of vveather vvould not let them vvalke abroad.1581, Richard Mulcaster, “Of Walking”, in Positions wherin Those Primitive Circvmstances be Examined, which are Necessarie for the Training Vp of Children, either for Skill in Their Booke, or Health...