reglet

[ reg-lit ]

noun
  1. Architecture.

    • a groove for guiding or holding a panel, window sash, etc.

    • a narrow, flat molding; fillet.

  2. Printing.

    • a thin strip, usually of wood, less than type-high, used to produce a blank in or about a page of type.

    • such strips collectively.

Origin of reglet

1
1570–80; <French, diminutive of règleregle; see -et

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How to use reglet in a sentence

  • Furniture Racks and CabinetsFor labor-saving fonts of reglet, wood furniture, soft metal or steel furniture, etc.

  • Strips of wood, called reglet, are sometimes used as substitutes for leads and slugs in large sizes.

    Typesetting | A. A. Stewart
  • If there are to be a number of pages, a page gage should be made from a strip of reglet or brass rule.

    Typesetting | A. A. Stewart

British Dictionary definitions for reglet

reglet

/ (ˈrɛɡlɪt) /


noun
  1. a flat narrow architectural moulding

  2. printing a strip of oiled wood used for spacing between lines of hot metal type: Compare lead 2 (def. 7)

Origin of reglet

1
C16: from Old French, literally: a little rule, from regle rule, from Latin rēgula

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