n. 1. Architecture A narrow, flat molding. 2. Printing A flat piece of wood used to separate lines of type. [French réglet, from Old French, diminutive of regle, ruler, from Latin rēgula, rod; see reg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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