ruelle
noun
ru·elle
(ˈ)rü¦el
plural -s
1
archaic : the space between a bed and the wall
2
: a morning reception held in their bedrooms by fashionable French ladies of the 17th and 18th centuries
3
: a narrow street or alley
the smaller ruelles were in pitch-darkness
Donald Stokes
Donald Stokes
Word History
Etymology
Middle English ruel, from Middle French ruele, literally, alley, diminutive of rue street, from Latin ruga wrinkle, fold
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- re-equipment
- re-equipped
- re-equipping
- re-erect
- re-erected
- re-erecting
- re-escalate
- re-escalated
- re-escalating
- re-escalation
- re-escalations
- re-establish
- re-established
- re-establishing
- re-establishment
- re-estimate
- re-estimated
- re-estimating
- re-estimation
- re-evaluate
- re-evaluated
- re-evaluating
- re-evaluation
- re-evaluations
- re-examination