CUL-DE-SAC

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A passage with only one outlet, as a street closed at one end; a blind alley; hence, a trap.

2.
n.

a position in which an army finds itself with no way of exit but to the front.

3.
n.

Any bag-shaped or tubular cavity, vessel, or organ, open only at one end.


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