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
18
1.7
A narrow channel along a roof edge that carries away rainwater
is a general groove or channel not limited to roof edges
1
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
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
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.