roundel

Noun
Synonyms: annulet

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third
  2. round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit
  3. (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle“a hollow roundel”Synonyms: annulet
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Roundel \Roun"del\, n. [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.) A rondelay. "Sung all the roundel lustily." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Come, now a roundel and a fairy song.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle. [1913 Webster]

The Spaniards, casting themselves into roundels, . . . made a flying march to Calais. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
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