Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Roundelay \Round"e*lay\, n. [OF. rondelet, dim. of rondel. See
Roundel, Roundeau, and cf. Roundlet, Rundlet.]
1. (Poetry) See Rondeau, and Rondel.
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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.
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3. Anything having a round form; a roundel.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
roundelay
n 1: a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain