Category:Rez-de-chaussee

Rez`-de-chaus`sée", n. [f., lit., level of the street. See raze, v. T., and causey.] (arch.)

Defn: 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.