ROUNDEL

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

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• lounder, roundle, ruled on

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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