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ruelle

noun
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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First Known Use of ruelle

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for ruelle

Middle English ruel, from Middle French ruele, literally, alley, diminutive of rue street, from Latin ruga wrinkle, fold

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