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Webster 1913 Edition


Rouet


Rouˊet′

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Noun.
[F.]
A small wheel formerly fixed to the pan of firelocks for discharging them.
Crabb.

Definition 2024


rouet

rouet

English

Noun

rouet (plural rouets)

  1. A small wheel formerly fixed to the pan of firelocks for discharging them.
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French

Etymology

From roue + -et.

Noun

rouet m (plural rouets)

  1. spinning wheel