Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Recess \Re*cess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recessed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Recessing}.]
   To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.

Recessed \Re*cessed"\, a.
   1. Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall.

   2. Withdrawn; secluded. [R.] ``Comfortably recessed from
      curious impertinents.'' --Miss Edgeworth.

   {Recessed arch} (Arch.), one of a series of arches
      constructed one within another so as to correspond with
      splayed jambs of a doorway, or the like.

Source : WordNet®

recessed
     adj 1: having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken
            look" [syn: {deep-set}, {sunken}]
     2: resembling an alcove