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rondel

noun

Etymology

From Middle English rondel, from Old French rondel, a diminutive of ronde, the feminine of ront, reont (“round (in shape)”), from Latin rotundus (“round, circular; spherical”), related to rota (“wheel”).

  1. derived from rotundus — “round, circular; spherical”
  2. derived from rondel
  3. inherited from roundel

Definitions

  1. A metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in…

    A metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two.

  2. The verse form rondeau.

  3. A rondelle, (small) circular object.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel (hence the name).

    2. A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.

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