Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Recessed

Recessed (re*sest") , adjective

1.
Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall.
2.
Withdrawn; secluded. [Rare]
Comfortably recessed from curious impertinents. — Miss Edgeworth
Collocations (1)
Recessed arch (Architecture) , one of a series of arches constructed one within another so as to correspond with splayed jambs of a doorway, or the like.