▪ I. rullion1 Sc.
(ˈrʌlɪən)
[var. of rilling n.1, riveling1.]
A shoe made of undressed hide.
Also applied in various senses to persons or animals: see Eng. Dial. Dict.
| 1644 D. Hume Hist. House Douglas 45 Highland showes called rullions, made of raw and untand leather. 1768 Ross Helenore, The Rock and the wee pickle Tow, With a pair of rough rullions to scuff thro' the dew. 1820 Scott Monast. xxix, He had..deer-skin rullions or sandals. 1890 Lowson Guidfollow 70 A pleasant recreation to the fashioners of ‘brogues’ and ‘rullions’ in their hours of relaxation. |
▪ II. † ˈrullion2 Sc. Obs.
[Of obscure origin.]
Some form of ornament in metal-work.
| 1707 Invent. R. Wardr. App. (1815) 339 Antique Medusa's heads and rullion foliages. Ibid., Betwixt each statue arises a rullion in forme of a dolphine, very distinct. |