cullis
9.9
A gutter in a roof that carries rain away
- noun
- Archaic
:
canalón
- During the storm, we noticed the cullis was clogged, causing water to pool on the roof.
Examples
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They designed the building with an elegant cullis to channel rainwater into the garden.
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- Joan, no el cullis.
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Molt bé, doncs no el cullis.
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The roof had a deep cullis that effectively drained rainwater away from the house.
Synonyms
gutter
vscullis
52
1.7
A narrow channel along a roof edge that carries away rainwater
is a general groove or channel not limited to roof edges
guttering
vscullis
1
3.4
Pipes along the roof edge that carry rain away
is the single groove or channel itself rather than the whole system
2.6
A pipe on a building that carries rainwater from the roof to the ground
is a general roof groove not specifically the vertical drain to ground
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cullis comes from an old French word coulisse that meant 'a sliding groove'. So a cullis is a channel or gutter, like a small slide that carries rainwater away from a roof or wall.