rou|lette

rou|lette
rou|lette «roo LEHT», noun, verb, -let|ted, -let|ting.
–n.
1. a gambling game in which the players bet on the numbered or colored section of a revolving wheel into which a small ball will come to rest.
2. a small wheel with sharp teeth for making lines of marks, dots, or perforations: »

a roulette for perforating sheets of postage stamps.

3. Philately. one of the separations cut in a sheet of stamps.
–v.t.
to cut, mark, or pierce with a roulette.
╂[< French roulette < Old French (diminutive) < rouel wheel (diminutive) < roue < Latin rota wheel. Compare etym. under rowel. (Cf. ↑rowel)]

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