Recess

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 86

rē-ses′, n. a going back or withdrawing: retirement: seclusion: a period of remi ion of busine : part of a room formed by a receding of the wall: a retired spot: a nook: a sinus or depre ed par.— v.t. to make a rece in: to put into a rece .— adj. Rece ed′ , having a rece .— Rece ed arch , one arch within another. [ Recede .]