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roundlet [round-lit] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a small circle or circular object.
Origin of roundlet 1350–1400; Middle English rondlet Middle French rondelet; see roundelay Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for roundlet Historical Examples of roundlet
The towers are crowned with the scotia cornice, the roundlet of which is continued down the angles.
Franz von Reber
The shafts were cylindrical, and probably without flutings; they had a roundlet, or at least a projecting fillet, at either end.
Franz von Reber
Also we see the new ideas for the priest-cropped hair and the roundlet hat.
Dion Clayton Calthrop
Now, the roundlet is one of those things which delight the clothes-hunter or the costume expert.
Dion Clayton Calthrop
Then, after that, until the twenty-second year of the fifteenth century, when the roundlet was born—those are the dates.
Dion Clayton Calthrop
British Dictionary definitions for roundlet roundlet noun
- literary a small circle
Word Origin for roundlet C14: from Old French rondelet, from Old French 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
