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corps de logis

corps de logis noun: the principal mass of a building, excluding the wings.

Noun

corps de logis (plural corps de logis)

  1. The principal mass of a building, excluding the wings.

Forms of corps de logis

pluralcorps de logis

Origin of corps de logis

Unadapted borrowing from French corps de logis (literally “body of the house”).

Questions about corps de logis

What does corps de logis mean?
Corps de logis means the principal mass of a building, excluding the wings.
What part of speech is corps de logis?
Corps de logis is a noun.
What is the plural of corps de logis?
The plural of corps de logis is corps de logis.

Words near corps de logis in the dictionary

  1. Corprews
  2. corps
  3. corps d'armée
  4. corps de ballet
  5. corps de garde
  6. corps de logis
  7. corps-a-corps
  8. corps.
  9. corpse
  10. corpse camp
  11. corpse camped

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