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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Rez-de-chaussée

· Rez·-de-chaus·sée · IPA
01 n. The ground story of a building, either on a level with the street or raised slightly above it; -- said esp. of buildings on the continent o…
  1. 1.
    The ground story of a building, either on a level with the street or raised slightly above it; -- said esp. of buildings on the continent of Europe.(Arch.)
    “Tier above tier of neat apartments rise over the little shops which form the rez-de-chaussée.” — The Century.