Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for Roulers. Search instead for toolers.

Roulers

American  
[roo-lairs, roo-ler] / ruˈlɛərs, ruˈlɛr /

noun

  1. a city in NW Belgium: battles 1914, 1918.


Roulers British  
/ ruːˈlɛəz, rulɛrs /

noun

  1. Flemish name: Roeselare.  a city in NW Belgium, in West Flanders province: electronics. Pop: 55 273 (2004 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

As we approached Roulers, we found the town alive with people who had assembled to welcome that which they regarded as an army of deliverance from the dreaded Germans.

From With The Immortal Seventh Division by Kennedy, Edmund John

Let me tell first the happenings of the Irish troops on the right, the Catholic Irish, whose own right was on the Roulers railway, going up to the Potsdam Redoubt.

From From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 by Gibbs, Philip

It stretched from the sea through Ramscapelle, Dixmude, Roulers, Paschendaal to Ypres and the rage of battle swayed like a tossing ship in ocean storm.

From What Germany Thinks The War as Germans see it by Smith, Thomas F. A.

"The next time you do tricks over Roulers they'll be waiting for you, Tam," said Blackie with a shake of his head.

From Tam o' the Scoots by Wallace, Edgar

The brigade-major also informed us that British cavalry were reported to be at Roulers, north-east of Ypres—but that wasn't official.

From Pushed and the Return Push by Nichols, George Herbert Fosdike