entresol

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Above these there was built a half story, called a mezzanino--in French, entresol, containing the quarters of the unmarried sons of the house, of the household chaplain, and of two or three tutors employed in the education of the Montevarchi grandchildren.

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  1. noun The floor just above the ground floor of a building; a mezzanine.

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  • The offices were on the entresol, they were dirty and cheap, as was the proprietor who looked like a pimp. —  Maigret Takes A Room - Georges Simenon - 65
  • Above this is an "entresol" of tiny circular windows alternating with medallions of crowns held up by genii. —  The Story of Rouen
  • They were standing together in the sort of entresol or room at the head of the stairway. —  The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
  • She lived apart, in the entresol, alone with Camille and her body-servant Jeanne. —  Grey Roses
  • The entresol was dim and the Grand Vizier was slow with candles. —  54-40 or Fight
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  1. French : entre-, between (from Latin inter-; see inter-) + sol, floor (from Latin solum).

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  1. French, from entre, between, + sol, ground, soil: see soil.
 

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