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CULLIS

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cul⋅lis

  [kuhl-is]
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–noun
a gutter, as at the eaves of a roof.
Origin:
1830–40; < F coulisse coulisse; cf. portcullis
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cul·lis   (kŭl'ĭs)   
n.  A gutter or groove in a roof.

[Middle English colis, from Old French coleis, channel, from coler, to pour, from Latin cōlāre, to filter, from cōlum, sieve.]
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