rouletting
/ruːˈlɛtɪŋ/
noun
- The act or process of making small cuts or perforations in a material, such as paper, leather, or metal.
- The artist's technique involved careful rouletting to create a lace-like pattern in the paper.
- This tool is designed specifically for the rouletting of thin metal sheets for craft projects.
- The rouletting on the edge of the postage stamps made them easy to tear apart.
verb
- To cut or mark a surface with a series of small holes or slits, often to make it easier to tear or to create a decorative pattern.
- The machine is used for rouletting sheets of stamps so they can be separated easily.
- In the workshop, they demonstrated rouletting leather to create a textured border on the belt.
- The craftsperson spent the afternoon rouletting the edges of the handmade paper for a torn-edge effect.
- To gamble or take a risk, especially in a reckless or uncertain manner (figurative use, derived from the game of roulette).
- By investing all his savings in that risky startup, he was essentially rouletting his future.
- The company is rouletting its reputation by launching a product that hasn't been fully tested.
- She felt like she was rouletting every time she drove on the icy roads without snow tires.