Applications of the idea of ‘recess’: e.g. horse-bay, the stall for a horse; sick-bay, part of the fore-part of a ship's main-deck, used as a…

A receding part or indentation in the line of some natural feature or object, such as a rock, coastline, mountain range, etc. Now rare.

A small, vaulted recess or chamber made in the thickness of a wall or (occasionally) in the ground; an alcove.

A rebate which serves as an abutment; a projection which serves as a support.

A receding part; a recess. Obsolete.