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Definition of Cul de sac
1. Noun. A passage with access only at one end.
2. Noun. A street with only one way in or out.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cul De Sac
Literary usage of Cul de sac
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1869)
"Vagina at the Posterior Cul-de-sac, during Labour. ... The opening in the cul-de-
sac was sufficiently large to admit the passage of the hand into the ..."
2. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...by Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke (1796)
"ooa of the Grand Cul de Sac: proceed to Marne Fortune and the ... Cul de Sac :
and is bravely repul/ed by ..."
3. Adventure Guide to St. Martin & St. Barts by Lynne M. Sullivan (2003)
"Grand Cul-de-Sac La Gloriette Grand Cul-de-Sac tr 590-27-75-66, ... La Lafayette
Club Grand Cul-de-Sac Beach tr 590-27-62-51 French and Creole $$$$ Lunch ..."
4. The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body by Matthew Baillie, James Wardrop (1833)
"(Ed.) A CUL-DE-SAC has been found in various parts of the Intestinal canal. ...
In one remarkable instance I found a cul-de-sac had passed into a hernial ..."
5. The Cradle of the Deep: An Account of a Voyage to the West Indies by Frederick Treves (1911)
"cul de sac BAY. CASTRIES harbour with its many capes and bays is ... Cul de Sac
Bay, to the south, is a sheltered and pleasant inlet at the foot of the ..."
6. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"A "cul de sac," an alley with no outlet. It is blind because it has no "eye" or
passage through it. ..."
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