Definition of Jumelle

1. a. Twin; paired; -- said of various objects made or formed in pairs, as a binocular opera glass, a pair of gimmal rings, etc.

2. n. A jumelle opera glass, or the like.

Definition of Jumelle

1. a paired article [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jumelle

jumboized
jumboizes
jumboizing
jumbojet
jumbos
jumbotron
jumbotrons
jumbrella
jumbrellas
jumbuck
jumbucks
jumby
jumby bead
jumby bean
jumby tree
jumelle (current term)
jumelles
jument
jumentous
jump-start
jump-started
jump-starting
jump-starts
jump about
jump around
jump at
jump at the chance
jump ball
jump blues

Literary usage of Jumelle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1906)
"H. jumelle" has been conducting experiments on Solanum Commersoni, ... jumelle thinks that with suitable infection, it may be possible to secure tubers like ..."

2. The Thermal Baths of Bath: Their History, Literature, Medical and Surgical by Henry William Freeman (1888)
"The different kinds of apparati being arranged, the patient is seated on a low wooden stool between the Bolte de Melange and the jumelle, and with two ..."

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