roundel

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roun·del / ˈroundl/ • n. 1. a small disk, esp. a decorative medallion. ∎  a picture or pattern contained in a circle. ∎  Heraldry a plain filled circle as a charge (often with a special name according to color).2. a short poem consisting of three stanzas of three lines each, rhyming alternately, with the opening words repeated as a refrain after the first and third stanzas. The form, a variant of the rondeau, was developed by Swinburne.

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roundel

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roundel.
1. Small circular panel or window, specifically a deep circular niche containing a bust.

2. Bull's eye (œil-de-bœuf) window or oculus.

3. Astragal or large bead.

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture JAMES STEVENS CURL

roundel

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roundel circle, circular object XIII; rondeau XIV. — OF. rondel or -elle, f. rond ROUND1; see -EL2.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

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