frescade

noun

fres·​cade

fresˈkād,

-äd

plural -s

: a cool walk : shady place

where each frescade rings with melodious booing

—W. H. Auden

Word History

Etymology

obsolete French, from Middle French, probably from (assumed) Old Provençal frescada cool of the evening, cool drink (whence Provençal frescado), from Old Provençal fresc fresh, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German frisc fresh

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