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RONDEL
rondeau, rondel
(noun) 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® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rondel (plural rondels)
A metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two.
The verse form rondeau.
A rondelle, (small) circular object.
A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel (hence the name).
A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
Synonyms
• roundel
Anagrams
• Lorden, Nolder, rondle
Source: Wiktionary
Ron"del, n. Etym: [Cf. Rondeau, Roundel.]
1. (Fort.)
Definition: 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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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