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noun
1.
a timber or the like having a groove for guiding a sliding panel.
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Coulisse
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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| coulisse (kuːˈliːs) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Also called: cullis a timber member grooved to take a sliding panel, such as a sluicegate, portcullis, or stage flat |
| 2. | a. a flat piece of scenery situated in the wings of a theatre; wing flat |
| b. a space between wing flats | |
| 3. | Compare parquet part of the Paris Bourse where unofficial securities are traded |
| [C19: from French: groove, from Old French couleïce | |
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