rondel (English, noun)
expansion: rondel (plural rondels)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
glosses: The verse form rondeau.
glosses: A rondelle, (small) circular object.
glosses: A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel (hence the name).
tags: historical
glosses: A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
tags: historical
Forms:
form: rondels
tags: plural
form: rondelle
tags: alternative
form: roundel
tags: alternative