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cul-de-sac (iou)



cul-de-sac noun. Pl. culs-de-sac (pronounced same), cul-de-sacs. M18.
[French = sack-bottom.]
Anatomy. A vessel, tube, sac, etc., open only at one end; the closed end of such a vessel. M18.
A street, passage, etc., closed at one end; a blind alley; Military a position in which an army is hemmed in on all sides except behind. L18.