Coulisse

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·add. ·noun A fluting in a sword blade.

II. Coulisse ·noun A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.

III. Coulisse ·add. ·noun The outside stock exchange, or "curb market," of Paris.

IV. Coulisse ·noun One of the side scenes of the stage in a theater, or the space included between the side scenes.