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reglet, † riglet|ˈrɛglɪt|
[a. F. réglet (14th c.): see regle n. and -et1, and cf. It. regoletto.]
†1. A narrow division of a page of a book; a column. Obs. rare—1.
1576Hanmer Chronogr. in Anc. Eccl. Hist. 1 The fourth riglet contineweth the raigne of the Kings of Judæa.
2. Arch. A narrow flat band used to separate mouldings or other parts from each other.
The definition in Chambers Cycl. (1727–38), copied by Bailey, Nicholson, Gwilt, etc., is translated from the Dict. de Trévoux.
1664Evelyn tr. Freart's Archit. xvii. 44 He has..made it [the height of the cornice] less, and cut off three or four small Reglets which renders it very dry and trifling. 1726Leoni tr. Alberti's Archit. II. 34/2 The length of these reglets [It. regoletti] was twelve minutes, and the spaces from one reglet [It. regolo] to the other were eighteen. 1789P. Smyth tr. Aldrich's Archit. 12 The fillet, or plat band.., is a kind of plinth of a more oblong shape. From this the reglet..and the listel..differ only by their being smaller.
†3. A thin, flat piece or strip of wood used in carpentry or frame-making. Obs. rare.
1678Moxon Mech. Exerc., Joinery I. vi. 112 Riglet is a thin square peece of Wood: Thus the peeces that are intended to make the Frames for small Pictures, &c. before they are Molded are called Riglets. [Hence in Holme Armoury (1688), and Bailey (1731), vol. II.] 1683Ibid., Printing iv, On the..Fore-Rail..is nailed a small Riglet about half an Inch high, and a quarter and half quarter of an Inch thick.
b. Printing. A thin, narrow strip of wood, used († as a head- or side-stick, etc., or) to make wide blanks between the lines in a page (see quots.).
More rarely applied to pieces of metal of similar form and use.
1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing ii. 28 And Note, that the Head and Side-sticks are called Riglets, if they are not an English thick. Ibid. 207 The Compositer seeks among the Furniture for a Riglet,..or else he cuts a Riglet to that length (this Riglet is called a Destributing-stick). 1727–38Chambers Cycl. s.v., The reglets make the chief part of what they call the furniture of the chase. 1771Luckombe Hist. Printing 278 Reglets..are more proper for Whites than Quadrats, because Reglets are capable to interrupt the hanging and crookedness of Matter. 1898Southward Mod. Printing i. 82 Reglets, generally made of oak or beech,..vary in thickness from diamond up to 2-line great primer.
c. Collectively, or as a material. Also attrib., as reglet plane.
1846Holtzapffel Turning II. 487 The reglet plane..derives its name from being employed in making the parallel slips of wood, or reglet, used by the printer for the wide separation of the lines of metal type. a1885Caslon Catal. Printing Material, Metal Reglet of the most beautiful finish and accuracy, in yard lengths. |