rondel
Americannoun
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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.
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Theater. roundel.
noun
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a rondeau consisting of three stanzas of 13 or 14 lines with a two-line refrain appearing twice or three times
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a figure in Scottish country dancing by means of which couples change position in the set
Etymology
Origin of rondel
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French rondel, diminutive of rond round 1
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As the Armorer gifts him with a new chest-plate, she says, “You will grow into this rondel as you grow into your station.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
The beam moved to the first black disk, a rondel of engineered carbon now more than a decade old.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2019
The moon-and-falcon rondel over Ser Vardis's right arm was sheared clean in half, hanging by its strap.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Your baker could the fashion set; Your butcher might respond well; With every tart a triolet, With every chop a rondel.
From Ballads of a Bohemian by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
The triolet is a sort of rondel of eight lines only, repeating the first line at the fourth, and the first and second at the seventh and eighth.
From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury
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