Definition of rondel Rondel

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We found 14 definitions of rondel from 6 different sources.

What does rondel mean?

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rondel - a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas
		rondeau
		poem, verse form a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
		roundel round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit

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rondel (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.
rondel (Noun)
A poem in the above form.
rondel (Noun)
The verse form rondeau.
rondel (Noun)
A poem in the above rondeau form.
rondel (Noun)
A rondelle, small circular object.
rondel (Noun)
A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel hence the name.
rondel (Noun)
A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.

rondel (n.)
A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
rondel (n.)
Same as Rondeau.
rondel (n.)
Specifically, a particular form of rondeau containing fourteen lines in two rhymes, the refrain being a repetition of the first and second lines as the seventh and eighth, and again as the thirteenth and fourteenth.

rondel
In fortification, a round tower, sometimes erected at the foot of a bastion.

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