|
| rou·lette [ roo lét ] |
noun (plural rou·lettes) |
|
| Definition: |
| |
1. gambling game with wheel: a game in which a ball is rolled onto a spinning horizontal wheel divided into compartments, with players betting on which compartment the ball will come to rest in
(
often used before a noun
)
|
2. tool with toothed wheel: a tool with a toothed wheel used for making dots, e.g. in engraving, or for making perforations in paper, e.g. on a sheet of postage stamps
|
3. slits cut in paper: a line of slits or perforations made by a cutting tool on a sheet of paper
|
transitive verb (past and past participle rou·lett·ed, present participle rou·lett·ing, 3rd person present singular rou·lettes) |
|
| Definition: |
| |
mark something with dots or perforations: to use a roulette to mark a surface with a line of dots or make perforations in a sheet of paper
|
| [Mid-18th century. < French, "small wheel" < late Latin rotella< Latin rota "wheel"] |
