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

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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

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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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