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rouleau

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Etymology

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French rouler
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -lus
Latin -ellus
Old French -el
Middle French -eau
French -eau
French rouleaubor.
English rouleau

    Borrowed from French rouleau.

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    Noun

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    rouleau (plural rouleaus or rouleaux)

    1. A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling such a roll.
      • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Lady Marchmont to Sir Jasper Meredith. Courtiers.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 260:
        We always judge of others by ourselves; and his idea of Cupid's quiver is a rouleau.
      • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:
        Early in the morning, the rouleau of gold was left at my door in a little box, with my name on the outside.
      • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
        […] he liked your philosophy, and hopes you'll accept of this, which from its weight I take to be a little rouleau of guineas.
    2. (textiles) A decorative technique that involves creating patterns with piping, cording or bias tape. A rouleau loop uses the same cord or piping as a way of fastening buttons, most notably down the back of bridal gowns.
      rouleau turner
      rouleau loop
    3. (medicine, chiefly in the plural) A stack of aggregated red blood cells, as seen in certain haematological and other diseases.
    4. (fortification) One of a bundle of fascines to cover besiegers.

    French

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    Etymology

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      From rouler +‎ -eau.

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      Noun

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      rouleau m (plural rouleaux)

      1. roll, roller

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      Descendants

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      • → Catalan: ruló
      • → Greek: ρολό (roló)
      • → Turkish: rulo

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