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rouleau

[ roo-loh ]

noun

, plural rou·leaux, rou·leaus [roo-, lohz].
  1. a roll or strip of something, as trimming on a hat brim.
  2. a stack or roll of coins put up in cylindrical form in a paper wrapping.


rouleau

/ ˈruːləʊ /

noun

  1. a roll of paper containing coins
  2. often plural a roll of ribbon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rouleau1

1685–95; < French; Middle French rolel, diminutive of role roll
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rouleau1

C17: from French, from role roll
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Example Sentences

The blood was fluid, of the color and appearance of port-wine lees; under the microscope the corpuscles were shrivelled and crenated, and there was a space apparent between them as they were arranged in rouleaux.

He hastened to the safe and was back in two minutes with twenty rouleaux of sovereigns.

But I still had in my pockets the loose gold won at our first game, and the three rouleaux left by Lowenstein were still in my trunk.

He quietly slipped into his hand a little rouleau of ten pounds in gold.

Surprised as well as disconcerted, he looked through the square of glass, and saw Whittaker engaged in counting a number of packages, which he perceived to be rouleaus of gold.

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