[= It. (piano) terreno:—L. terrēnum TERRENE.] A ground-floor; also, a parlor.
1740. H. Walpole, Lett. to H. S. Conway, 9 July. I have a terreno all to myself. Ibid. (1750), Lett. to Mann, 11 March. I am already planning a terreno for Strawberry Hill.
1787. Beckford, Lett. Italy, xvi. (1805), I. 156. The terreno, or ground-floor, where they live chiefly in summer, is excellent.
