roundlet

American  

[round-lit] / ˈraʊnd lɪt /

noun

1. a small circle or circular object.

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roundlet British  

/ ˈraʊndlɪt /

noun

1. literary a small circle

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Etymology

Origin of roundlet

1350–1400; Middle English rondlet < Middle French rondelet; see roundelay

Example Sentences

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roundlet

Upon the ground is his roundlet, a hat derived from the twisted chaperon of Richard II.’s day.

From English Costume by Dion Clayton Calthrop

Also we see the new ideas for the priest-cropped hair and the roundlet hat.

From English Costume by Dion Clayton Calthrop

Three roundlets, two over one; if the single roundlet had been at the top, it would have been called one over two.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

I am about to run the risk of displeasure in repeating to some extent what I have already written about the chaperon, the hood, and the other ancestors and descendants of the roundlet.

From English Costume by Dion Clayton Calthrop

Then, after that, until the twenty-second year of the fifteenth century, when the roundlet was born—those are the dates.

From English Costume by Dion Clayton Calthrop