reglet

[reg-lit]

reg·let

[reg-lit]
noun
1.
Architecture.
a.
a groove for guiding or holding a panel, window sash, etc.
b.
a narrow, flat molding; fillet.
2.
Printing.
a.
a thin strip, usually of wood, less than type-high, used to produce a blank in or about a page of type.
b.
such strips collectively.

Origin:
1570–80; < French, diminutive of règle regle; see -et
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Reglet is always a great word to know.
So is fascia. Does it mean:
any relatively broad, flat, horizontal surface, such as the outer edge of a cornice or a stringcourse
a building of exceptional height completely supported by a framework, as of girders, from which the walls are suspended, as opposed to a building supported by load-bearing walls
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reglet (ˈrɛɡlɪt)
 
n
1.  a flat narrow architectural moulding
2.  printing Compare lead a strip of oiled wood used for spacing between lines of hot metal type
 
[C16: from Old French, literally: a little rule, from regle rule, from Latin rēgula]

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