rouˈletted, pa. pple.
[f. prec.]
a. Of postage stamps: Perforated by means of a roulette.
| 1867 Philatelist I. 166 Some of the rouletted specimens are but an apology for it. 1870 Routledge's Ev. Boy's Ann. Feb. Suppl. 3 Not being rouletted, they may be considered proofs. 1891 Westoby Post. Stamps Gt. Brit. 3 Unused rouletted specimens exist. |
b. Of archaeological objects: impressed with lines or dots by means of a cogged wheel or a comb.
| 1938 Oxoniensia III. 28 Sherd with shell-grit; fine stabs and rouletted horizontal lines. 1939 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization (ed. 3) xii. 214 The ‘rouletted’ decoration is executed with a comb with very short teeth, separated by extremely narrow interstices, and probably with a curved edge. It yields a practically continuous line of round or, more often, rectangular dots, separated by low septa. 1969 G. Bibby Looking for Dilmun xv. 323 They were Attic ware, imports from Greece itself. Some of them were even rouletted, decorated with a close pattern of semi-circles made with a toothed wheel, a characteristic which proved their Greek origin beyond a doubt. 1977 Antiquaries Jrnl. LVII. 381 Fine wares include bowls..with a foot-stamp within rouletted circles (second century A.D.), and lead-glazed wares. |
c. gen.
| 1975 J. B. Harley O.S. Maps v. 72 It..was characterized by National Grid lines rouletted in black. [Note] That is, the line consists of small, closely spaced dots. |