Antre
a cavern; cave.
historical examples
note the ant-thesis in the same line, antre de rois, louvre de voleurs.
la lgende des sicles victor hugo
antre is a generic term for cave, and as trou means hole, the word antrou is also equivalent to old hole.
archaic england harold bayley
noun
(archaic) a cavern or cave
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