multireeln.adj.
/ˈmʌltɪˌriːl/, U.S. /ˈməltiˌril/; see also multi- comb. form. A. n.
A film of several reels. rare.
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1922 Opportunities in Motion Picture Industry (Photoplay Res. Soc., 1970) 111 Multiple reel or multireel, a photoplay, consisting of more than one reel, but usually referring to a photoplay of greater length than five reels.
B. adj.
Designating a film of several reels; occupying several reels (of film or tape).
ΚΠ
1929 Encycl. Brit. XV. 856/2 Multireel pictures began to appear in 1909... A year later screen history was made by releasing multireel pictures in their full length.
1970 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 65 1031 Processing of multi-reel files.
1995 Amer. Hist. Rev. 100 533/1 Abel delivers the main story of his book: the emergence of the multi-reel narrative feature film from brief transitional works.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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