Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Coulisse

Coulisse (ko*lis"; F. ko`les") , noun

[French, from couler to flow, glide.]

1.
A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.
2.
One of the side scenes of the stage in a theater, or the space included between the side scenes.

Coulisse (ko*lēs") , noun

1.
A fluting in a sword blade.
2.
The outside stock exchange, or “curb market,” of Paris. [French Use]