roundlet

[ round-lit ]

noun
  1. a small circle or circular object.

Origin of roundlet

1
1350–1400; Middle English rondlet<Middle French rondelet;see roundelay

Words Nearby roundlet

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How to use roundlet in a sentence

  • Now, the roundlet is one of those things which delight the clothes-hunter or the costume expert.

    English Costume | Dion Clayton Calthrop
  • Then, after that, until the twenty-second year of the fifteenth century, when the roundlet was born—those are the dates.

    English Costume | 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.

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

    English Costume | Dion Clayton Calthrop
  • The towers are crowned with the scotia cornice, the roundlet of which is continued down the angles.

    History of Ancient Art | Franz von Reber

British Dictionary definitions for roundlet

roundlet

/ (ˈraʊndlɪt) /


noun
  1. literary a small circle

Origin of roundlet

1
C14: from Old French rondelet, from Old French rondel

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