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Webster 1913 Edition
Reglet
1.
(Arch.)
2.
(Print.)
A strip of wood or metal of the height of a quadrat, used for regulating the space between pages in a chase, and also for spacing out title-pages and other open matter. It is graded to different sizes, and designated by the name of the type that it matches;
as, nonpareil
. reglet
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, and the likeWebster 1828 Edition
Reglet
REG'LET
,Noun.
A ledge of wood exactly planed, used by printers to separate lines and make the work more open.
Definition 2024
reglet
reglet
English
Noun
reglet (plural reglets)
- (printing) A strip of wood or metal of the height of a quadrat, used for regulating the space between pages in a chase, and also for spacing out title pages and other open matter. [from 17th c.]
- (architecture) A flat, narrow moulding, used chiefly to separate the parts or members of compartments or panels from one another, or doubled, turned, and interlaced so as to form knots, frets, or other ornaments. [from 17th c.]
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 62:
- the cone of light pans over [...] the two rag throw-rugs' ovals on the hardwood floor, black lines of baseboards' reglets [...].
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 62: