Antre
a cavern; cave.
Historical Examples
Note the antithesis 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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- Antro-
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