ROUNDELAY

roundelay

(noun) a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

roundelay (plural roundelays)

(music) A poem or song having a line or phrase repeated at regular intervals.

A dance in a circle.

Anything having a round form; a roundel.

Source: Wiktionary

Round"e*lay, n. Etym: [OF. rondelet, dim. of rondel. See Roundel, Roundeau, and cf. Roundlet, Rundlet.]

1. (Poetry)

Definition: See Rondeau, and Rondel.

2. (Mus.) (a) A tune in which a simple strain is often repeated; a simple rural strain which is short and lively. Spenser. Tennyson. (b) A dance in a circle.

3. Anything having a round form; a roundel.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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