Roundel


noun
1.
something round or circular.
2.
a small, round pane or window.
3.
a decorative plate, panel, tablet, or the like, round in form.
4.
Also, rondel. Theater. a round piece of colored gelatin or glass placed over stage lights as a color medium to obtain lighting effects.
5.
Armor.

a metal disk that protects the armpit.
a metal disk on a hafted weapon or a dagger to protect the hand.

6.
Heraldry. a small circular charge.
7.
Prosody.

a rondel or rondeau.
a modification of the rondeau, consisting of nine lines with two refrains.

8.
a round dance.
noun
1.
a form of rondeau consisting of three stanzas each of three lines with a refrain after the first and the third
2.
a circular identifying mark in national colours on military aircraft
3.
a small ornamental circular window, panel, medallion, plate, disc, etc
4.
a round plate of armour used to protect the armpit
5.
(heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle
6.
another word for roundelay (sense 1)

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