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Webster 1913 Edition

Mezzanine

Mez′za-nine

,

Noun.

[F.

mezzanine

, It.

mezzanino

, fr.

mezzano

middle, fr.

mezzo

middle, half. See

.]

1.

(Arch.)

(a)

Same as

.

(b)

A partial story which is not on the same level with the story of the main part of the edifice, as of a back building, where the floors are on a level with landings of the staircase of the main house.