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Coulisse   Listen
noun
Coulisse  n.  
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 fluting in a sword blade.
2.
The outside stock exchange, or "curb market," of Paris. (French Use)





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"Coulisse" Quotes from Famous Books



... fine height, his eyes intent upon her face, what time his smiling lips moved in talk, M. de La Tour d'Azyr. He had her entirely to himself, a privilege none of the men of fashion who were in the habit of visiting the coulisse had yet enjoyed. Those lesser gentlemen had all withdrawn before the Marquis, as jackals ...
— Scaramouche - A Romance of the French Revolution • Rafael Sabatini
... platform, rostrum; scaffold, staging; theater, playhouse, arena, boards; degree, step, point; drama. Associated Words: histrionic, histrionism, histrionicism, proscenium, postscenium, parascenium, coulisse, wing. ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming


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