单词 | rouletting |
释义 | roulettingn. 1. The action of rouletting postage stamps; an instance of this. Cf. roulette v. 1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > payment for postage > [noun] > postage stamp > perforating of stamps rouletting1871 1871 Stamp-collector's Mag. 9 54/2 The issue of 1861-2 was a testimony to the want of some method of perforation better than the imperfect rouletting, &c., practised as a convenience to the public. 1899 J. N. Luff What Philately Teaches 62 Here is an example of this rouletting, in a small gauge. A similar form is called serpentine perforation. 1917 G. W. Linn War Stamps Mexico 53 The rouletting on this series is not done in the usual manner. 1996 M. Varki Philately for Young (2004) 96 Rouletting, a method of stamp-separation in which slits or pinholes of various sizes and shapes are made between the rows of stamps without removing any of the paper. 2. Engraving and Ceramics. The action of rouletting something; an instance of this. Cf. roulette v. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > relief or incised decoration bianco sopra bianco1856 pâte-sur-pâte1879 scratched blue1883 sprigging1906 rilling1923 scratch blue1924 stab-and-drag1931 rouletting1937 1872 in C. S. Keyser Fairmont Park (ed. 5) (end matter) (advt.) Designer on Wood. Etching and Rouletting on Steel and Copper. 1896 J. Pennell Illustr. of Bks. iii. 60 Greys may be obtained by engraving the blocks by hand, rouletting, or a number of other ways. 1937 Oxoniensia 2 19 A butt-beaker in fine buff ware with two zones of rouletting. 1973 A. H. Whiteford N. Amer. Indian Arts 148 Coins and ingots were hammered into sheets and decorated by stamping and rouletting. 2006 S. Lawrence in J. Balme & A. Paterson Archaeol. in Pract. xiii. 369 Seventeenth-century pipes had little or no decoration with the exception of occasional makers' marks or rouletting around the rim. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1871 |
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