Ĕn’try, n.

n. [Fr. entrée, Pr. intrada, Sp. & Pg. entrada, It. entrata. See ENTRÉE and ENTER.]

1. The act of entering; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a river into the sea or a lake; the entry of air into the blood; the entry of a man on business or an undertaking. “Attempts and entries upon religion.” Bp. Taylor.
2. The act of making or entering a record; as, an entry of a sale.

A notary made an entry of this act. Bacon. 3. That by which entrance is made; a passage leading into a house or other building, or to a room; a vestibule. A straight, long entry to the temple led. Dryden.

4. (Com.) The exhibition or depositing of a ship’s papers at the custom-house, to procure license to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship’s cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.
5. (Law.) (a.) The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by entering or setting foot on the same; also, a putting upon record in proper form and order. (b.) One of the acts essential to complete the offense of burglary and house-breaking. Burrill.
6. (Mus.) An act of an opera, burletta, and the like. [Obs.]