— terraceless , adj.
/ter"euhs/ , n. , v. , terraced, terracing .
n.
1. a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, esp. one of a series of levels rising one above another.
2. the top of such a construction, used as a platform, garden, road, etc.
3. a nearly level strip of land with a more or less abrupt descent along the margin of the sea, a lake, or a river.
4. the flat roof of a house.
5. an open, often paved area connected to a house or an apartment house and serving as an outdoor living area; deck.
6. an open platform, as projecting from the outside wall of an apartment; a large balcony.
7. a row of houses on or near the top of a slope.
8. a residential street following the top of a slope.
v.t. , v.i.
9. to form into or furnish with a terrace or terraces.
[ 1505-15; earlier terrasse terrassa terracea, fem. of * terraceus. See TERRA, -ACEOUS ]