coulisse
/kuːˈliːs
/noun
1A flat piece of scenery at the side of the stage in a theatre.
1.1 (the coulisses) The spaces between the flat pieces of scenery at the side of a stage; the wings.
Origin
Early 19th century: French, feminine of coulis 'sliding', based on Latin colare 'to flow'.
Rhymes
- Scheldt
- schelly
- schema
- schematic
- schematically
- schematise
- schematism
- schematization
- schematize
- scheme
- schemer
- schemey
- schemie
- scheming
- schemingly
- schemozzle
- Schenectady
- Schengen acquis
- Schengen agreement
- Schengen Information System
- Schengenland
- scherzando
- scherzo
- Schiaparelli, Elsa
- Schiaparelli, Giovanni Virginio