cullis

French coulisse (“groove”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌlɪs/

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. (obsolete) A strong meat broth, strained and made clear for someone who is ill
   • 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.

4. (obsolete) a savoury jelly.
   • 1684, Hannah Woolley, The Queen-like Closet:

     To make fine Cullis or Jelly. […] Take a red Cock, scald, wash and dress him clean, seeth it in White-wine or Rhenish Wine, and scum it clean, put in a pint of thick Cream to it, then put in whole Spices, Sugar and Rosewater, and boil them together.

   • 1851, Anne Cobbett, The English Housekeeper, Chapter 18:

     Lentils […] Are chiefly used to make cullis for soups and made dishes, as follows: pick and wash ½ a pint or more, according to the quantity wanted. Stew them in broth; when done, pulp them through a sieve, and season as you like.

• “cullis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

cullis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of collir