roella

1 roella, ~um [ME rouel, AN roele < LL rotella] 1 (small) wheel (as part of machine) or roller; b (of military engine); c (part of mill). 1296 in cole ad dealbandum hurdeciam galee ‥ et sepo ad ~as unguendas Ac. Galley Newcastle 182; 1303 pro poliis et ~is ad predictum ingenium faciendum KR Ac 11/7; 1348 in uno ruello de novo faciendo de eneo domini, ij s. Ib. 462/16 f. 9d..  b 1224 octo ~as ereas quas fieri fecistis ad †rubachettum nostrum Cl II a; 1339 in quinque ruellis eneis emptis apud Cantuar’ pro springall’ KR Ac 462/15 m. 3.  c 1293 in j circulo ad ruellam ejusdem molendini (Ac. Cliffe) DCCant.; 1295 cuidam carpentario ‥ operanti circa rotam et ~os ejusdem molendini KR Ac 462/14 m. 3; 1315 cum ‥ v peciis ferri emptis pro dicto fuaillo et aliis ferramentis emendandis, ruell[is] et clavis emptis ad idem Pipe r. 55d.; 1327 in c clavis parvis emptis ad ruell’ dicte rote [aquatice molendini] MinAc 992/16. 2 small star-shaped wheel, part of spur, rowel (in quot. as part of heraldic device). 1293 in medio sigilli ‥ graviata fuit quedam targia mediocris, et in ipsa targia tres ruelle quasi calcarium formabantur Cl 110 m. 7d.. 3 small circle, roundel; b (in glass window). 1257 fieri faciant ad lectum regis quamdam bonam culcitram ebdomadariam cum ruellis sine auro Cl 77; dedit tres albas de serico optime brusdatas ‥ quarum una habet in paraturis leopardos cum ruellis Swafham 101.  b 1240 quotiens ‥ vitreolas a toto vel a parte reparaverint tenebuntur si eis a custode operis injunctum fuerit ~am unam cum quadam imagine in qualibet facere DCChich. p. 193. 4 roll (in quot. of cloth). 1309 adduxit iij ~as panni EEC 372; 1331 vj ruellas veli, dim. balam cordewane Ib. 412; 1398 tres ruellas sargie vel worsted’ et duas pecias costerarum de sargia Cl 242 m. 10. 5 wheel-shaped chandelier, round-light. quatuordecim cereos liberabit, et qualibet ebdomada unum ruellum ad illuminandum eos Cust. Cant. 101.

2 roella v. ruella