rouleau
Americannoun
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rouleaux,
plural
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rouleaus
plural
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a roll or strip of something, as trimming on a hat brim.
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a stack or roll of coins put up in cylindrical form in a paper wrapping.
noun
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a roll of paper containing coins
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(often plural) a roll of ribbon
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of rouleau
1685–95; < French; Middle French rolel, diminutive of role roll
Vocabulary lists containing rouleau
Example Sentences
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Smoothly maneuvering what he called his rouleau compresseur, a human steam roller of sweating supporters, Fignole pressured the National Assembly as it tried to choose between a "revolutionary" or a "constitutional" successor to the presidency.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he was altogether gone she unlocked an inner drawer in her desk, and, taking out an uncompleted rouleau of gold, added her brother’s sovereigns thereto.
From The Claverings by Anthony Trollope
And Tchartkóff still felt the print of the rouleau upon his palm, as though it had but that instant left his grasp.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 by Various
In an agony of terror the young man dropped the rouleau, made a desperate effort to stir his limbs, uttered a great cry—and awoke.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 by Various
“Yes,” replied Vanslyperken, who anticipated another rouleau of gold on his arrival at Amsterdam.
From Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend by Frederick Marryat
These two openings were barricaded on the inside by very heavy shutters, so that it was an easy matter to stack thousands and thousands of rouleaus of gold in the cellar before sending them away.
From The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin by Maurice Leblanc
Amongst the diamonds are those of the Señora L——, which are very fine, and there are gold rouleaus enough to set up a bank at San Agustin.
From Life in Mexico by Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis) Calderón de la Barca
He had bought a few centimes' worth, paying for it with numerous rouleaus, and he was beginning dimly to wonder if it was not rather an extravagant method of exchange.
From The Gay Adventure A Romance by Richard Bird
All these loans, I will hope, were accurately paid one day, as that from George II. was, in "rouleaus of new gold."
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 10 by Thomas Carlyle
The sleeves are ornamented with rouleaus, wreathed with pearls and bullion.
From Notes and Queries, Number 180, April 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
In wider vessels, erythrocytes may stack up much like a roll of coins, forming a rouleaux, from the French word for “roll.”
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Others of white or pink satin, edged with ruches of guipure lace, or rouleaux of marabouts.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various
By the side of each player was a little stand on which to place his cup of tea, and a gilt bowl in which to put the rouleaux of guineas.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
Trikaliss drew from his leathern pouch a silk purse, and took out two rouleaux, which he pressed into Timar's hand.
From Timar's Two Worlds by Mór Jókai
Monsieur drew his guest away from the table and took him into the private office where rouleaux of gold were stacked in great piles about the walls.
From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Paul Boyton
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