roundel

roundel [roun-dl] ExamplesWord Origin 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 rondel. 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.

Origin of roundel 1250–1300; Middle English roundele, rundel(le) Old French rondel, derivative of rond round1 (adj.) Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for roundel Historical Examples of roundel

He pipeth, weary wretch and worn, A roundel shrill and obsolete.

Enamels and Cameos and other Poems

Thophile Gautier

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

Chaucer’s Works, Volume 3 (of 7)

Geoffrey Chaucer

This is the “roundel” sung by the birds “to do Nature honour and plesaunce.”

English Verse

Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.

The fountain is a roundel charged with waves of white and blue.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3

Various

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

History of Ancient Art

Franz von Reber

British Dictionary definitions for roundel roundel 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 (def. 1)

Word Origin for roundel C13: from Old French rondel a little circle; see rondel Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for roundel n.

late 13c., “a circle,” from Old French rondel “round dance; dance lyric; roundel,” from rond “round” (see round (n.)).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper