Roundel

[raundl]

Definition

(noun.) round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit.

(noun.) English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third.

Typist: Ruben--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) A rondelay.

(a.) Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.

(a.) A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

(a.) A circular spot; a sharge in the form of a small circle.

(a.) A bastion of a circular form.

Checked by Estes

Definition

n. anything of a round form or figure: a circle: a ring-dance a rondel.—n. Roun′delay a round: a song in which parts are repeated: a dance in a ring.

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