roundel
(noun) (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a filled circle; “a hollow roundel”
roundel
(noun) round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit
roundel
(noun) English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third
Source: WordNet® 3.1
roundel (plural roundels)
Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
(music) A roundelay or rondelay.
A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
(heraldiccharge) A circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle.
(aviation) a circular insignia painted on an aircraft to identify its nationality or service.
Synonym: cockade
A bastion of a circular form.
• lounder, roundle, ruled on
Source: Wiktionary
Roun"del, n. Etym: [OF. rondel a roundelay, F. rondel, rondeau, a dim. fr. rond; for sense 2, cf. F. rondelle a round, a round shield. See Round, a., and cf. Rondel, Rondelay.]
1. (Mus.)
Definition: A rondelay. "Sung all the roundel lustily." Chaucer. Come, now a roundel and a fairy song. Shak.
2. Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle. The Spaniards, casting themselves into roundels, . . . made a flying march to Calais. Bacon. Specifically: (a) A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. (b) (Her.) A circular spot; a sharge in the form of a small circle. (c) (Fort.) A bastion of a circular form.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 May 2025
(noun) a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); “the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards”
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