1.
[syn: coulisse, wing flat]
2. a timber member grooved to take a sliding panel;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Coulisse \Cou*lisse"\ (k[=oo]*l[=e]s"), n.
1. A fluting in a sword blade.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. The outside stock exchange, or "curb market," of Paris.
[French Use]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Coulisse \Cou*lisse"\ (k[oo^]*l[i^]s"; F. k[=oo]`l[-e]s"), n.
[F., fr. couler to flow, glide.]
1. A piece of timber having a groove in which something
glides.
[1913 Webster]
2. One of the side scenes of the stage in a theater, or the
space included between the side scenes.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
coulisse
n 1: a flat situated in the wings [syn: coulisse, wing flat]
2: a timber member grooved to take a sliding panel