rolamite

ro·la·mite Audio Help (rō'lə-mīt')

n. A mechanism consisting of two or more hard cylindrical rollers with a flexible nonstretching band looped around them, so that the rollers move against each other with very little friction.

[rol(l) + -amite, of unknown origin.]

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