Look through crumbling arches (6)
I believe the answer is:
search
'look through' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'crumbling arches' is the wordplay.
'crumbling' indicates anagramming the letters.
'arches' is an anagram of 'SEARCH'.
(Other definitions for search that I've seen before include "Try to locate" , "Probe" , "Look for something or someone, perhaps chaser" , "Scour, seek" , "Frisk" .)