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Roundel [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. ROUND'EL ,

2. ROUND'EL AY,

3. ROUND'ER, noun [ See Rondure .] Circumference; inclosure. [Not in use.]

Roundel [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A rondelay.

2. Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.

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

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

5. A bastion of a circular form.

Roundel Encyclopedia Britannica

ROUNDEL. See Rondeau.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 21, p. 22
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Roundelay [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. See Rondeau, and Rondel.

2. A tune in which a simple strain is often repeated; a simple rural strain which is short and lively.

3. A dance in a circle.

4. Anything having a round form; a roundel.