Etymology

corps de logis

Today it means: The principal mass of a building, excluding the wings. Full definition →

French corps de logis
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  1. French · borrowed fromcorps de logis
  2. English todaycorps de logis

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

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