rouleau

From French rouleau.

• IPA^(key): /ɹuːˈləʊ/

rouleau (plural rouleaus or rouleaux)

1. A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling such a roll.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Lady Marchmont to Sir Jasper Meredith. Courtiers.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 260:

     We always judge of others by ourselves; and his idea of Cupid's quiver is a rouleau.

   • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:

     Early in the morning, the rouleau of gold was left at my door in a little box, with my name on the outside.

   • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:

     […] he liked your philosophy, and hopes you'll accept of this, which from its weight I take to be a little rouleau of guineas.

2. (textiles) A decorative technique that involves creating patterns with piping, cording or bias tape. A rouleau loop uses the same cord or piping as a way of fastening buttons, most notably down the back of bridal gowns.

   rouleau turner

   rouleau loop

3. (medicine, chiefly in the plural) A stack of aggregated red blood cells, as seen in certain haematological and other diseases.
4. (fortification) One of a bundle of fascines to cover besiegers.

From rouler +‎ -eau.

• IPA^(key): /ʁu.lo/

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rouleau m (plural rouleaux)

1. roll, roller

• → Catalan: ruló
• → Greek: ρολό (roló)
• → Turkish: rulo

• “rouleau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.