rondel

[ ron-dl, ron-del ]

/ ˈrɒn dl, rɒnˈdɛl /

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noun

Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting usually of 14 lines on two rhymes, of which four are made up of the initial couplet repeated in the middle and at the end, with the second line of the couplet sometimes being omitted at the end.

Theater. roundel (def. 4).

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Origin of rondel

1250–1300; Middle English <Old French rondel, diminutive of rondround¹

Words nearby rondel

ronco, rondavel, rond de jambe, ronde, rondeau, rondel, rondelet, rondelle, rondo, Rondônia, rondure

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How to use rondel in a sentence

Rondel made a movement as if to snatch the weapon from her, but she sprang back and pointed it at his head.
Prose Fancies|Richard Le Gallienne
If Frédet was too long away from Court, a rondel went to upbraid him; and it was in a rondel that Frédet would excuse himself.
Familiar Studies of Men and Books|Robert Louis Stevenson
But in the rondel he has put himself before all competitors by a happy knack and a prevailing distinction of manner.
Familiar Studies of Men and Books|Robert Louis Stevenson
The belt over the hips of the cotehardie holds the purse, and often a ballade or a rondel.
English Costume|Dion Clayton Calthrop

The Rondel is merely the old form of the word rondeau; like oisel for oiseau, chastel for chateau so rondel has become rondeau.
Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, etc,|Various

British Dictionary definitions for rondel

rondel

/ (ˈrɒndəl) /

noun

a rondeau consisting of three stanzas of 13 or 14 lines with a two-line refrain appearing twice or three times

a figure in Scottish country dancing by means of which couples change position in the set

Word Origin for rondel

C14: from Old French, literally: a little circle, from rond round

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