REGLET

Etymology

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.]

Anagrams

• Gretel

Source: Wiktionary


Reg"let (rg"lt), n. Etym: [F. réglet, dim. of règle a rule, L. regula. See Rule.]

1. (Arch.)

Definition: 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.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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