Definition of terracing

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.

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 along the top or slope of a hill.

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