Thesaurus: roundel

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1. a. A rondelay.
2. a. Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
3. a. A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
4. a. A circular spot; a sharge in the form of a small circle.
5. a. A bastion of a circular form.
6. n. English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third
7. n. round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit
8. n. (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a filled circle
9. 1. (Mus.) A rondelay. "Sung all the roundel lustily." Chaucer. Come, now a roundel and a fairy song. Shak. 2. Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle. The Spaniards, casting themselves into roundels, . . . made a flying march to Calais. Bacon. Specifically: (a) A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. (b) (Her.) A circular spot; a sharge in the form of a small circle. (c) (Fort.) A bastion of a circular form.
10. A rondelay. "Sung all the roundel lustily." Chaucer.Come, now a roundel and a fairy song. Shak.
11. n:100 n. English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third n. round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit