cullis

See also: Cullis

English

Etymology

French coulisse (“groove”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌlɪs/

Noun

cullis (plural cullises)

1. (architecture) A gutter in a roof.
2. (architecture) A channel or groove, as for a side-scene in a theatre.
3. A strong broth of meat, strained and made clear for someone who is ill or infirm; also, a savoury jelly.
   • 1609–1612, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Captaine”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act I, scene iii:

     When I am excellent at caudles
     And cullises […] you shall be welcome to me.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “cullis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Verb

cullis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of collir