rondel

[ ron-dl, ron-del ]

noun

1. Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting usually of 14 lines on two rhymes, of which four are made up of the initial couplet repeated in the middle and at the end, with the second line of the couplet sometimes being omitted at the end.
2. Theater. roundel ( def 4 ).

rondel

/ ˈrɒndəl /

noun

1. a rondeau consisting of three stanzas of 13 or 14 lines with a two-line refrain appearing twice or three times
2. a figure in Scottish country dancing by means of which couples change position in the set

Word History and Origins

Origin of rondel¹

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French rondel, diminutive of rond round ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of rondel¹

C14: from Old French, literally: a little circle, from rond round

Example Sentences

As the Armorer gifts him with a new chest-plate, she says, “You will grow into this rondel as you grow into your station.”

From New York Times

This new pendant, with a 43-carat cushion-cut aquamarine dangling from a 21-inch rope of diamond rondels, is impossible to miss — glinting audaciously even in starlight or the first blush of dawn.

From New York Times

The beam moved to the first black disk, a rondel of engineered carbon now more than a decade old.

From New York Times

Bailey noted that a rondel dagger was discovered and is undergoing testing.

From Washington Times

His rondels were wrought in the shape of human heads, with open mouths that shrieked in agony.

From Literature