資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cul-de-sac \Cul`-de-sac"\ (ku`de-s?k" or kul`de-s?k"), n.; pl.
   {Culs-de-sac} (ku`- or kulz`-). [ F., lit., bottom of a bag.]
   1. A passage with only one outlet, as a street closed at one
      end; a blind alley; hence, a trap.

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

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

資料來源 : WordNet®

culs-de-sac
     See {cul-de-sac}