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‖ rouleau|ruːˈləʊ|
Also 8–9 roleau. Pl. rouleaus, -eaux.
[F., repr. OF. rolel (pl. roleaux), f. rôle roll.]
1. a. A number of gold coins made up into a cylindrical packet.
In 1694 (Ladies' Dict.) defined as ‘a paper of Guineas, to the number of 39’; in 1796 (Grose's Dict.) the number is given as ‘from twenty to fifty or more’.
1693Southerne Maid's Last Prayer i. i, I must.. send some rouleaus to the bank, to pay my damn'd debts. a1694G. Etherege Song of Basset Wks. (1735), 'Tis only Cony can redress Her Grief with a Rouleau. 1716Pope Basset-Table 81 In bright Confusion open Rouleaux lie, They strike the Soul, and glitter in the Eye. 1772Foote Nabob ii, Teach him the best method of making a rouleau. 1823Byron Juan xii. xii, How beauteous are rouleaus! how charming chests Containing ingots, bags of dollars, coins. 1884Mrs. C. Praed Zéro ii, She held towards him a rouleau of gold.
fig.1775Sheridan Duenna iii. vii, A walking rouleau—a body that seems to owe all its consequence to the dropsy!
b. transf., esp. of blood-corpuscles. Also attrib.
1858Birch Anc. Pottery II. 269 The moulds were then piled in rouleaux or stacks. 1877F. T. Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 54 The red corpuscles show a marked tendency to run together, and under the microscope are seen to form ‘rouleaux’. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 750 Rouleaux formation may be absent altogether.
2. A roll; a coil.
1795in W. Roberts Mem. Han. More (1835) I. 467 (Stanf.), The charming rouleau of Cheap Repository poetry which you bestowed upon me. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 351 Into the third, or upper place, they slide a rouleau of wire, weighing 150 kilogrammes. 1861Times 25 Sept., The great-coat is worn in a rouleau round the body. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. xxxiv, Her yellow face with its darkly-marked eyebrows and framing rouleau of grey hair.
3. A trimming of a rolled form (see quot. 1882). Also in extended use (see quot. 1976). Also attrib. and Comb.
1820M. Edgeworth Let. 8 June (1979) 160 Muslin gowns each trimmed with rouleaux of sattin. 1827Souvenir I. 13 (Stanford), Skirt trimmed with two flounces each,..with one satin rouleaux on the lower edge. 1835Court Mag. VI. p. vi, Dark brown velvet mantle lined with swansdown, a rouleau of which edges the collar, sleeves, and round of the cloak. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlewk. 427/1 Rouleau, a French term denoting a large Piping, or rolled trimming, sometimes used as a decorative covering for the heading round a Flounce, or any such kind of Hem. 1968J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 105 Rouleau, a rounded padded belt which may be finished with a knot or bow. 1970Kay & Co. (Worcester) Catal. 1970–71 Autumn/Winter 173/1 Deep back opening with rouleau tie fastening. 1972Country Life 23 Mar. 737/3 A tweed suit..has a rouleau belt. 1974Janet Frazer Catal. Spring & Summer 184/3 Nylon slip with lace trimmed rouleau straps. 1975Times 14 Oct. 9/5 The hand made rouleau belts and the gold and ivory buttons. 1976P. Clabburn Needleworker's Dict. 228/3 Rouleau, any trimming or part of an article which is rounded or rolled. It may be in the form of piping or may mean a turned hollow tube as in the ‘shoelace’ shoulder straps of the 1930s and 1940s. 1977Daily Tel. 4 Apr. 15/1 She wears a charming little rouleau-edged cap tilted over her brow. Ibid. 15/3 There were..dresses of black cotton.., and the academic robe, with high, padded rouleau neck, shone out..in most unacademic tangerines.
4. Used attrib. to designate a type of vase with a cylindrical body and narrow neck, made in China from the late seventeenth century, or an imitation of such a vase.
1915R. L. Hobson Chinese Pott. & Porc. II. x. 165 (caption) Club-shaped (rouleau) Vase finely painted in famille verte enamels. 1936Burlington Mag. Nov. p. xix/1 Famille-verte vases..a large rouleau specimen. 1937Ibid. June p. xxv/2 Other specimens of K'ang-hsi in brilliance and quality are a pair of large rouleau vases. 1964M. Medley Handbk. Chinese Art 81/2 Rouleau vase is a vase with cylindrical body, short rather flat shoulders, a short thick neck, also cylindrical, and a slightly spreading mouth, which sometimes turns up a little at the rim. The term applies to a type of vase produced from the late 17th century onward. 1977Times 17 May 16/4 Two large (17½ inches) famille verte rouleau vases. |