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Webster 1913 Edition


Reglet

Reg′let

(r?g′l?t)
,
Noun.
[F.
réglet
, dim. of
règle
a rule, L.
regula
. See
Rule
.]
1.
(Arch.)
A flat, narrow molding, 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. See
Illust
. (12) of
Column
.
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
, pica
reglet
, and the like
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Reglet

REG'LET

,
Noun.
[L. regula, rego.]
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)

  1. (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.]
  2. (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 [...].

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German

Verb

reglet

  1. Second-person plural subjunctive I of regeln.