roulette
noun
- 1
A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.
- 2
A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to produce rows of dots.
- 3
A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.
- 4
The locus of a point on a plane curve that rolls without slipping along another fixed plane curve.
- 5
Any of the small incisions on a sheet of stamps, used as an alternative to perforations.
- 6
A cylindrical curler for the hair.
verb
- 1
To separate or decorate by incisions made with a small toothed wheel.
“to roulette a sheet of postage stamps”
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