souterrain
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of souterrain
1725–35; < French: literally, underground, calque of Latin subterrāneus; see sous-sous, terrain
Example Sentences
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In neither of these forts is there, as far as is known, a souterrain, nor is there one in the old fort at Antrim, a typical rath.
From Ulster Folklore by Elizabeth Andrews
I only saw the entrance to the souterrain, but from what I heard I believe that here also there is a chamber opening off the passage.
From Ulster Folklore by Elizabeth Andrews
Then he went away more disheartened than before and returned to his own house where he saw his wife sitting, for she had foregone him thither by the souterrain.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
He strave at the stone till he pulled it from its place, when there appeared beneath it a souterrain with a stair.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
The highest roof in all this souterrain being 5 feet 3, it does not seem likely that the builders were taller than that; and there seems more reason to believe that they were much smaller.
From Fians, Fairies and Picts by David MacRitchie
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