a gambling game played by rolling a small ball around a shallow bowl with an inner disk () revolving in the opposite direction: the ball finally comes to rest in one of the red or black, numbered compartments into which this disk is divided, thus determining the winning bets
a small toothed wheel attached to a handle, for making rows of marks or dots, as in engraving, or incisions, as between postage stamps
a series of small, consecutive incisions made in the paper between the stamps in a sheet of stamps, to facilitate their separation
to make marks, dots, or incisions in or on with a roulette
See roulette in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ro͞o-lĕtˈ)
noun
A gambling game in which the players bet on which slot of a rotating disk a small ball will come to rest in.
a. A small toothed disk of tempered steel attached to a handle and used to make rows of dots, slits, or perforations, as in engraving or on a sheet of postage stamps.
b. Any of the short consecutive incisions made between individual stamps in a sheet for easy separation.