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ru·elle | \ (ˈ)rü¦el \
plural -s
Definition of ruelle
1 archaic : the space between a bed and the wall
2 : a morning reception held in their bedrooms by fashionable French ladies of the 17th and 18th centuries
3 : a narrow street or alley
the smaller ruelles were in pitch-darkness— Donald Stokes
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