piazza

[Ital. a market-place, the broadway in a town, from Lat. plate a a broadway, an open space, from Gr. plateia =a broadway, prop. fem. sing. of plat us =flat, wide. Piazza and place are thus doublets.] A square open surrounded by buildings or colonnades; popularly, but improperly, applied to a broadway under cover, or an arcaded or colonnaded walk, and even to a verandah. "He stepped from the low piazza into the darkne ."Century Magazine , June, 1883, p. 186. *pi-ăz-zi-an, a. [Eng. piazz (a); -ian.] Pertaining to a piazza or arcade. "Mulciber's columns gleam in far piazzian line." Keats: Lamia. pib-corn, s. [Wel., lit. pipe - horn.] Music: A wind instrument or pipe with a horn at each end. ( Welsh.)