rouleau
noun
a roll or strip of something, as trimming on a hat brim.
rouleaux
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pluralof rouleau.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
He holds a high situation; he is our chief magistrate, he has heard this miserable tale of the rouleaux, at which the Consuls looked so black, and why has he done nothing?
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Grindley had tumbled the rouleaux and the loose gold into his handkerchief.
From The Messenger by Elizabeth Robins
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
I took it under my cloak and slipped through the garden door to the boat; on the way I handled the bag and felt the agraffes, the casket, and the rouleaux.
From Timar's Two Worlds by Mór Jókai
