roulage, n.m., rolling; carriage (of goods); wagon-office; wagoning. — accéléré; fly-wagon. Voiture de —; goods wagon.
roulant, -e, adj., rolling; easy (of roads); (surg.) moving (of veins). Chemin —; easy way. Feu —; (milit.) running fire. Presse —e; (print.) press at work.
rouleau, n.m., roll; roller; rolling-pin; roll, twist (of tobacco); coil (of a rope); (med.) roller; (print.) roller; (tech.) sheave. — de papier; roll of paper. Plier en —; to roll up. Être au bout de son —; to be at one’s wits’ end, or at the end of one’s tether. — d’imprimeur; printer’s roller.
roulée, n.f., (pop.) thrashing, drubbing.
roulement (rool-mān), n.m., rolling, roll, rumbling; (mus.) roll; roll (of a drum); rotation; volutation. — d’yeux; rolling of the eyes. — de fonds; (com.) circulation of capital. Fonds de —; floating capital.
rouler, v.a., to roll, to roll up; to wind, to wind up; to revolve, to turn over; to pass, to pass away; (of meat) to collar; (fig.) to do for a person. — une chose dans sa tête; to turn a thing over in one’s mind. — sa vie; to pass one’s life. — carrosse; to keep a carriage. Je l’ai roulé; I did for him or I bowled him over.
se rouler, v.r., to roll one’s self, to roll, to tumble; to wallow; to wind; to fight, to have a set to.
rouler, v.n., to roll, to revolve; to tumble; to toss; to ramble, to wander, to stroll; to keep going; to succeed by rotation; to be plentiful; to turn upon (of a thing). Faire — la presse; (print.) to set the press going. — sur l’or et sur l’argent; to roll in riches. Tout roule là-dessus; all turns upon that. Ils roulent ensemble; they take their turns. Faire —; to keep going. Pierre qui roule n’amasse pas de mousse; a rolling stone gathers no moss. La conversation roula sur ce sujet; the conversation turned upon this subject.
roulet, n.m., hatter’s roller.
roulette, n.f., roller, truckle, little wheel; truckle-bed; ☉hand-chaise, Bath-chair; caster; roulette (game); (geom.) cycloid. Cela marche comme sur des —s; that is getting on swimmingly. Lit à —s; bedstead on casters. — de relieur; book-binder’s fillet.