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Rondel - What does it mean?

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rondel

English

Alternative forms

* rondelle (uncommon in the musical or poetic senses) * (dagger) roundel

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • A poem in the above form.
  • The verse form rondeau.
  • A poem in the above rondeau form.
  • 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

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.