roundel

[ roun-dl ]

noun

1. something round or circular.
2. a small, round pane or window.
3. a decorative plate, panel, tablet, or the like, round in form.
4. Also Theater. a round piece of colored gelatin or glass placed over stage lights as a color medium to obtain lighting effects.
5. Armor.
   1. a metal disk that protects the armpit.
   2. a metal disk on a hafted weapon or a dagger to protect the hand.
6. Heraldry. a small circular charge.
7. Prosody.
   1. a rondel or rondeau.
   2. a modification of the rondeau, consisting of nine lines with two refrains.
8. a round dance.

roundel

/ ˈraʊndəl /

noun

1. a form of rondeau consisting of three stanzas each of three lines with a refrain after the first and the third
2. a circular identifying mark in national colours on military aircraft
3. a small ornamental circular window, panel, medallion, plate, disc, etc
4. a round plate of armour used to protect the armpit
5. heraldry a charge in the shape of a circle
6. another word for roundelay

Word History and Origins

Origin of roundel¹

1250–1300; Middle English roundele, rundel ( le ) < Old French rondel, derivative of rond round ¹ (adj.)

Word History and Origins

Origin of roundel¹

C13: from Old French rondel a little circle; see rondel

Example Sentences

A Target pitch deck from last year highlighted the data Target collects on customers and pitched access to its media platform Roundel as a selling point for data-hungry brands.

From Digiday

Term applied to the well-known carving of the roundel common in the Ionic style.

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The second Roundel seems, on the other hand, to belong to his later life, when he so often alluded to his corpulence.

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The lines vary from four to sixteen syllables, but are generally identical in length in the same roundel.

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Only Tronda said she saw him flee forth of the window of the west roundel of the auld house, upon a dragon, as she averred.

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The one certain example is the Roundel included in the Parl.

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