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Riglet vs Reglet - What's the difference?

riglet | reglet |

As nouns the difference between riglet and reglet

is that riglet is alternative form of reglet while reglet is 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.

riglet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (typography)
    • (Webster 1913)

    reglet

    English

    (wikipedia reglet)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.
  • (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.
  • *1996 , (David Foster Wallace), Infinite Jest , Abacus 2013, p. 62:
  • *:the cone of light pans over [...] the two rag throw-rugs' ovals on the hardwood floor, black lines of baseboards' reglets [...].

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