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noun

Cul-de-sac n. (pl. culs-de-sac)

A passage with only one outlet, as a street closed at one end; a blind alley; hence, a trap.

(Mil.) A position in which an army finds itself with no way of exit but to the front.

(Anat.) Any bag-shaped or tubular cavity, vessel, or organ, open only at one end.

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Etymology of 'Cul-de-sac'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cul-de-sac" Quotes from Famous Books

... of June land was seen to the north. It was the bottom of the Gulf of the Louisiade, which had received the name of Cul-de-sac de l'Orangerie. The country was magnificent. On the sea shore, a low land covered with trees and shrubs, the balmy odours of which reached the ships, rose like an amphitheatre towards the mountains, whose summits were lost ...

— Celebrated Travels and Travellers - Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century • Jules Verne

... up, and at daylight countermarched two miles. Halted all day. Bivouacked in a cul-de-sac of the Conedoguinet Creek, at a place called Orr's Bridge. Day warm and pleasant. ...

— Our campaign around Gettysburg • John Lockwood