rondel

American  

[ron-dl, ron-del] / ˈrɒn dl, rɒnˈdɛl /

noun

1. 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.

2. Theater. roundel.

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rondel British  

/ ˈrɒndəl /

noun

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

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

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Etymology

Origin of rondel

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French rondel, diminutive of rond round ¹

Example Sentences

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

The earliest canonic form is the rondel or rota as practised in the 12th century.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" by Various

In this age arose the forms which for so long a time were to occupy French singers,—the ballade, the rondeau, the rondel, the triolet, the chant royal and others.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various