REZ-DE-CHAUSSÉE

‖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.