单词 | cullis roof |
释义 | > as lemmascullis roof A gutter, groove, or channel. Also attributive, as cullis roof (see quot. 1846). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > valley or groove valley1690 cullis1838 swept valley1926 laced valley1929 1838 J. Britton Dict. Archit. & Archæol. 216 Cullis, a gutter in a roof; a groove or channel. 1846 J. H. Parker Conc. Gloss. Terms Archit. 144 Killesse, Cullis, Coulisse, a gutter, groove, or channel. This term is in some districts corruptly applied to a hipped roof by country carpenters, who speak of a killessed or cullidged roof. A dormer window is also sometimes called a killesse or cullidge window. 1849 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 10 i. 178 Placed in a barn or ricked in some exposed part with cullis roof, where it will keep dry. < as lemmas |
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