coulisse

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cou=lisse

CIDE DICTIONARY

coulisse, n. [F., fr. couler to flow, glide.].

•  A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.  [1913 Webster]
•  One of the side scenes of the stage in a theater, or the space included between the side scenes.  [1913 Webster]

coulisse, n. 

•  A fluting in a sword blade.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  The outside stock exchange, or “curb market,” of Paris.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

coulisse, n.
1 (usu. in pl.) Theatr. a piece of side scenery or a space between two of these; the wings.
2 a place of informal discussion or negotiation.

Etymology

F f. coulis sliding: see PORTCULLIS