rondelle

[ron-del] /rɒnˈdɛl/

noun

a small disk of glass used as an ornament in a stained-glass window.

Jewelry. a flat bead, often of rock crystal or onyx, used in a necklace as a spacer between contrasting stones.

Origin of rondelle

French

1830-1840

1830-40; < French; see rondel

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rondelle, ron-del′, n. anything round: one of the successive crusts formed on molten metal when cooling, a rosette.

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