Bible Dictionaries
Cul-de-Sac

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

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

(2):

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

(3):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cul-de-Sac'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/cul-de-sac.html. 1828.