Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small roll, especially of coins wrapped in paper.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A roll.
  • noun In millinery, a large piping or rounded fluting: generally used in the plural: as, a trimming of rouleaux.
  • noun Milit., one of a collection of round bundles of fascines tied together, which serve to cover besiegers or to mask the head of a work.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling such a roll.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling such a roll.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a roll of ribbon
  • noun a roll of coins wrapped in paper

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from Old French rolel, diminutive of role, roll, from Latin rotula, diminutive of rota, wheel; see rota.]

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French

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Examples

  • Jean made two deep bows, the Americans two little ones, after which they foraged in their bags, from which each drew a 'rouleau' of 1,000 francs, daintily inclosed in green sheaths of serpent-skin, clasped with gold.

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • Jean made two deep bows, the Americans two little ones, after which they foraged in their bags, from which each drew a 'rouleau' of 1,000 francs, daintily inclosed in green sheaths of serpent-skin, clasped with gold.

    L'Abbe Constantin — Complete Ludovic Halevy 1871

  • Back home on the porch we tchatche* about tout et rien* including how a certain tante* is in good health -- far from reaching "le bout du rouleau," or "the end of the roll".

    mother-in-law 2010

  • Je dis souvent "Je suis encore dans le jeu," mais maintenant je peut dire "Je ne suis pas encore au bout du rouleau!"

    The French word for plastered drunk... - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • (Changer le rouleau de papier toilette quand il est vide.)

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • Quizzard reached back and with sure fingers pulled a rouleau of sovereigns off the desk.

    Wild Dreams of Reality, 5 2010

  • Back home on the porch we tchatche* about tout et rien* including how a certain tante* is in good health--far from reaching "le bout du rouleau," or "the end of the roll".

    mother-in-law 2010

  • (Changer le rouleau de papier toilette quand il est vide.)

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • (Changer le rouleau de papier toilette quand il est vide.)

    regle - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • Ouais me faut pas grand chose je sais mais c parce que j'suis fatigué et j'entends Jasp 'qui delire derriere moi avec un rouleau de PQ vide ...

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2009

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