entresol
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
Origin of entresol
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How to use entresol in a sentence
In the entresol below lived Camille Desmoulins and his wife in 1792.
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume I (of 2) | Benjamin Ellis MartinThe wedding party went back to this apartment—on the second floor above the entresol—for the dner de noces.
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume I (of 2) | Benjamin Ellis MartinI hastened up stairs, sleeping in the entresol, and was at table with my uncle in three minutes.
The Chainbearer | J. Fenimore CooperThe central part is carried up a story and an entresol higher than the wings, and, like the wings, is capped by a balustrade.
Holborn and Bloomsbury | Sir Walter BesantPrime feature of all the year to the little Hamiltons, on the entresol, was their Christmas tree.
Zut and Other Parisians | Guy Wetmore Carryl
British Dictionary definitions for entresol
/ (ˌɒntrəˈsɒl, French ɑ̃trəsɔl) /
another name for mezzanine (def. 1)
Origin of entresol
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