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rondel

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  1. 1. n. A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Same as Rondeau. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. Specifically, a particular form of rondeau containing fourteen lines in two rhymes, the refrain being a repetition of the first and second lines as the seventh and eighth, and again as the thirteenth and fourteenth. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 1. (Fort.) A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion. [Obs.] 2. Etym: [F.] (a) Same as Rondeau. (b) Specifically, a particular form of rondeau containing fourteen lines in two rhymes, the refrain being a repetition of the first and second lines as the seventh and eighth, and again as the thirteenth and fourteenth. E. W. Gosse. Source: webster
  6. 6. A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion. [Obs.] Source: adambom
  7. 7. n a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas Source: ecdict

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