n. 1. A gambling game in which the players bet on which slot of a rotating disk a small ball will come to rest in. 2. a. A small toothed disk of tempered steel attached to a handle and used to make rows of dots, slits, or perforations, as in engraving or on a sheet of postage stamps. b. Any of the short consecutive incisions made between individual stamps in a sheet for easy separation. tr.v. rou·lett·ed, rou·lett·ing, rou·lettes To mark or divide with a roulette. [French, from Old French ruelete, feminine diminutive of ruele, diminutive of roue, wheel, from Latin rota; see ret- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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