1. The kitchen or cooking department.
2. Manner or style of cooking.
CULASSE
Cu`lasse" (ku`ls"), n. Etym: [F., fr. cul back.]
Defn: The lower faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond.
CULDEE
Cul*dee" (k, n. Etym: [ Prob. fr. Gael.cuilteach; cf. Ir. ceilede.]
Defn: One of a class of anchorites who lived in various parts of
Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.
The pure Culdees Were Albyn's earliest priests of God. Campbell.
CUL-DE-SAC Cul`-de-sac" (ku`de-sk" or kul`de-sk"), n.; pl. Culs-de-sac (ku`- or kulz`-). Etym: [ F., lit., bottom of a bag.]
1. A passage with only one outlet, as a street closed at one end; a blind alley; hence, a trap.
2. (Mil.)
Defn: a position in which an army finds itself with no way of exit but to the front.