||Rez`-de-chaus`sée" (?), n. [F.,
lit., level of the street. See Raze, v. t.,
and Causey.] (Arch.) 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.
Tier above tier of neat apartments rise over the little
shops which form the rez-de-chaussée.
The Century.
||Rez`-de-chaus`sée" (?), n. [F.,
lit., level of the street. See Raze, v. t.,
and Causey.] (Arch.) 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.
Tier above tier of neat apartments rise over the little
shops which form the rez-de-chaussée.
The Century.
