Meanings
- not comparableCapable of being rolled down.
Then he rolled down the wooden blinds inside, opened the door and pulled halfway down the metal rolldown shutter outside.
1992, Aras Ören, Please, no police
plural rolldowns
- attributivecountableoftenuncountablepinballAn older form of pinball where the player rolls a ball manually down the table rather than propelling it onto the table with a plunger.
Attracted by game operation, many invested heavily in pins and rolldowns prior to last spring.
1949, Billboard, volume 61, page 821 more example
New rolldown uses pinball-size balls and, except for the fact that the game has the conventional open rolldown table end and does not use a plunger, the game's playing surface resembles the pinball variation of Bermuda.
1948 January 24, Billboard, page 76
Origin
Deverbal from roll down.
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