Meaning of rouelle | Babel Free
Definitions
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A wheel-like amulet of the ancient Gauls, intended to symbolize the sun. countable
- steak (especially of veal, cut across the leg)
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A round badge that Jews were legally obligated to wear in public. countable
Examples
“Louis IX. of France compelled every Jew, man, woman, and child, to wear a “rouelle,” or wheel of conspicuously-coloured stuff on the breast and back of the dress, that the Hebrew might be known at a distance.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.