groove for thing to slide in; backstage place
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Coulisse Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
One of the side scenes of the stage in a theater, or the space included between the side scenes.
One of the side scenes of the stage in a theater, or the space included between the side scenes.
(n.)
A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.
coulisse
\cou*lisse"\ (?), n.
1. a fluting in a sword blade.
2. the outside stock exchange, or "curb market," of paris. [french use]
coulisse
\cou*lisse"\ (k??-l?s"; f. k??`l?s"), n. [f., fr. couler to flow, glide.] 1. a piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.
2. one of the side scenes of the stage in a theater, or the space included between the side scenes.
coulisse
n
1. a flat situated in the wings [syn: wing flat]
2. a timber member grooved to take a sliding panel
Noun
1. a flat situated in the wings
(synonym) wing flat
(hypernym) flat
2. a timber member grooved to take a sliding panel
(hypernym) timber
