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roundeln. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: French roundel ; French rondele ; rondel n. Etymology: Probably partly (i) < Anglo-Norman roundel, rundel, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French rondel, Middle French, French rondeau (masculine noun) denoting various round or spherical objects, e.g. nail with a round head (1260 as rondiau ), round plate serving to support an object placed on top of it (1284 as rondiau ), circular ornament (1334), circular wooden disc (1375), any of various sorts of short poem (end of the 13th cent. in uncertain specific use, first half of the 14th cent. denoting a short poem of fourteen lines in three stanzas, 1606 or earlier denoting a short poem of thirteen lines showing two rhymes; the latter is now the usual sense), type of moulding featuring small rounded globes (16th cent.), in Anglo-Norman also shield boss or round shield (c1200 or earlier), knob, boss (first half of the 14th cent. or earlier), cask (a1430 or earlier), round or circular piece of a foodstuff (although this is apparently first attested later: a1450 or earlier); this masculine noun is partly < rond round adj. + -el -el suffix2, and partly < rond round n.1 + -el -el suffix2; partly (ii) < Old French rondele, Old French, Middle French rondelle (feminine noun; French rondelle ) spherical object, globe (c1200, earliest in rondele de fou fireball), round shield (early 15th cent.), small round plate (end of the 15th cent.) < rond round adj. + -elle -elle suffix; and partly (iii) (in later use) an alteration of rondel n. after round adj. Compare rundle n.1, originally a variant of this word (see note at rundle n.1 on ambiguous early forms), and compare also the doublets rondel n., rondelle n., rondeau n.Compare post-classical Latin rondellus , rondellum , rondella roundel, disc, medallion (from 1300 in British sources), round piece of wood, stick, prop (1309), (in music) round, catch (from 13th cent. in British sources, a1350 in a continental source), also denoting a variety of round or spherical objects (from 14th cent.). Compare also Spanish rondel rondeau (c1430), Italian rondello (masculine) denoting a specific external circular part of a fortification (a1708), rondeau (late 19th cent.), rondella (feminine) denoting an agricultural tool (1561), (now only) metal disc (1905); also Middle Dutch rondeel , rondiel circular shield (1494), (perhaps) small round table (1500; a1460 in uncertain sense, perhaps ‘buckler-shaped figure’; Dutch rondeel , †rondel circular tower or bastion (1568), short poem usually consisting of thirteen iambic pentameters (1588); compare also several now obsolete senses denoting various circular objects, e.g. small round shield (1576), round decorative plaque or medallion (1618)), Middle Low German rundēl , rondēl , etc., circular object or area, circular charge or bearing in heraldry, circular bastion, round barrel, German Rundel , †Rondel circular plumage adorning a helmet (second half of the 14th cent.), circular shield (1507), circular room (1594), circular bastion (1596), and (via Middle Low German or German) Swedish rundel (1544), Danish runddel , †rundeel , †rundell , †rondel (16th cent.; apparently associated with rund round adj. and del deal n.1 early on). In sense 8 after Middle French rondeau wooden cylinder (1568 in this sense, in the passage translated in quot. 1585). In sense 12 after Middle French rondeau (16th cent. in this sense; c1260 in Old French as rondel). Attested earlier as a surname: William Rundel (1150), although this is more likely to reflect the Anglo-Norman than the Middle English word; compare also: William Roundel (1301), William Roundel (1310). I. Something circular, spherical, curved, or cylindrical. 1. the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > circularity > a circle c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 2128 in C. Horstmann (1887) 167 Ȝe ne seoth it nouȝt bi-leued Þat þere nis depeint a Roundel al-a-boute þe heued; Þat rondel men cleopiez þe diademe, for manie i-seien þat cas, bi þe diademe of is brayne þat he holi was. (Harl. 221) 438/1 Rowndel, rotundale. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 791 Yf that thow Thorwe on water now a stoon..hyt wol make anoon A litel roundell as a sercle. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (Adv. 19.2.3) i. l. 533 As men may be a roundall se Merkit to be delt in thre. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in 121/1 Those nygromancers..that put theyr confydence in the roundell and cercle on the grounde. 1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés i. xx. sig. C.vi The Epicicle, is a circle or little roundel. 1635 G. Wither 157 These roundells helpe to shew the mystery Of that immense and blest Eternitie. 1875 W. D. Parish Roundel, a circle; anything round. 1876 F. K. Robinson ‘A witches roundel’, that within which she performs her rites. the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [noun] > of something round ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac (Hunterian) f. 71v (MED) Þer ben þre scharpnes oþer schiltrouns off bones in þe fote; In þe firste þer ben þre bones gaderde to gidere as it were in a roundel. c1425 Liber Monasterii de Hyda (Sawyer 865) in S. Miller (2001) 204 Begyn fyrst by est Manyngford, on the kynges hyȝewey.., and thanne north along to the smal path, fro the smal path to the slade; than to the roundel of the hylle [c1425 (OE) on þæne hullan geroundel; L. ad rotunditatem collis]. 1534 T. More Treat. Passion in 1347/2 Into all the worlde is gone out the sowne of them, and into the endes of the roundel of the earth the wordes of them. 1633 Bp. J. Hall i. 430 As for the out-most roundells of those wheeles, they were of a vast and dreadfull height. the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > a circle or ring 1486 sig. eviiv The crokes and the Roundellis of the Nomblys of þe dere. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in 707/2 A mainy of leud mocking knaues, which..woulde gette them into a roundell turnynge theym backe to backe. 1598 R. Hakluyt tr. W. de Rubruquis in (new ed.) I. 95 The roofe whereof consisteth..of wickers, meeting aboue in one little roundell, out of which roundell ascendeth vpward a necke like vnto a chimney. 1613 W. Browne I. iii. 55 They won with pacing The circuit chosen for the Maidens tracing. It was a Roundell seated on a plaine..Enuiron'd round with Trees. 1688 R. Holme ii. 88/1 The flowers grow in roundles, towards the top of the stalk. 1704 (ed. 2) II. 456/1 To go from one Roundel of Second Causes to another, till we come at the First Cause. 1712 J. Warder 52 Cut a notch in your Straw Hive, not through the Roundal as before, but somewhat less. 1854 (United Presbyterian Church Scotl.) 300/1 Love, Hope, and Joy formed a roundel about the heart. 1893 R. Kipling 133 B Company..gathered itself into a thing like a decayed aloe-clump..; and in that clump, roundel, or mob, it stayed. 1904 38 288 A roundel of trees and a low dike mark off the spot. 2008 (Nexis) 13 Jan. (Mag.) 52 The trees are laid out in roundels, an old device favoured by the likes of Capability Brown. the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > [noun] > a cavity or hollow > round 1578 J. Banister i. f. 8 [The] Suture..creeping..through the middest of ye eyes roundell. 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre iv. vi. 66 in II Come put in his legge in the middle roundell, and let him hole there. 1660 Sir W. Lower 79 An overture, which makes a roundel, fashioned like the foot of a lamp, shut with glass, and environed with a gallery. ?1775 73 Set the herb in your garden shady, cut roundles therein, and put in your orchis roots. the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > circularity > a circle > a circular object > small a1325 Diuersa Cibaria in C. B. Hieatt & S. Butler (1985) 57 (MED) Corf oygnouns & frie heom in oyle of alemauns & soþþen do þe roundeles of þe oignons abouen. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac (Paris) (1971) 326 Frote þe emoroydes..or rubbe ham..ofte tymes wiþ a rowndel of a leek [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. rotulo of an onyon; L. rotulo cepe]. 1545 T. Raynald tr. E. Roesslin ii. sig. R.iv Temper the hole masse into litell roundels or trociskes eache waynge a dramm. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner 206 Take the rout of Dragons made cleen and cut in to thin roundles [L. rotulas]. 1649 Bp. J. Hall iii. ii. 231 The first verses of that divine Gospell are singled out, printed, in a small roundell, and sold to the credulous ignorants. 1725 R. Bradley at Scorzonera The Flower..when it fades, leaves a Cottonny Roundel behind where the Seed is. 1812 J. Sinclair ii. App. 46 The right hand or lesser handle, attached to the larger one by the iron rod F, and the wooden roundels G, H. 1883 5 May 572/3 The prehistoric practice of trepanning the skull might have been performed..by removing a roundel. 1907 G. A. Escoffier ii. xvi. 538 Set a medallion on each roundel of mousse. 1992 Spring 28/3 Superb roast grouse..served as a fillet upon a roundel of toast and foie gras. 2001 (Inst. Mech. Engin.) 275 The plasma arc cut through forming a roundel of bottom plate with the piston sleeve attached. 3. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > small table 1503 in R. Renwick (1893) 13 For mendyn of the rowndall. 1548 in J. D. Marwick (1871) II. 136 Ane buyrd and form, stule and rowndale, xlviii s. 1603 (Charteris) (1920) 31 Ane Roundel with ane cleine claith. 1644 Edinb. Test. LXI. f. 39, in at Roundal Ane rundell buird. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > table linen > [noun] > table mat 1548 T. Cooper (rev. ed.) Orbis, a roundell to sette dysshes one for soylynge of the table clothe. 1583 in W. Cramond (1903) I. 172 Ane gardein alias ane rowndell of bress. 1725 R. Bradley at Distillation D.I. is a Glass or earthern Vessel nam'd the Recipient; they place it upon a Roundel of Straw, that it may have the firmer Footing. the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate 1797 67 i. 281/1 The circular beechen plates, called roundels. 1827 97 ii. 592 They are called roundels, are always twelve in a full set, and are made of beech-wood. 1855 F. B. Palliser tr. J. Labarte p. xxix Painted roundles or fruit trenchers. 1917 Dec. 88/2 The painted wooden discs known as roundels, platters or trenchers..are supposed to have been used for sweetmeats, cakes or fruit, but their exact purpose is somewhat obscure. 1971 R. Howe 56 Wooden trenchers were also known as treen roundels. 2000 S. von Drachenfels vi. 90 The aristocracy served desert on..round plates called roundels..often painted on the underside with a short verse. 4. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > moulding > convex moulding 1535 2 Chron. iv. 12 The two pilers with the roundels and knoppes aboue vpon both the pilers. 1597 G. Fletcher xxii. f.63 They come to touch euery one of those Beads or roundels after other. 1609 I. 1 Kings vi. 18 Al the house was couered within with ceder, hauing roundels. 1686 R. Blome xvi. 158 Beneath the Capital is the Roundel, or Astragal, and the Collar, which makes part of the Trunk of the Column, not of the Capital. 1753 T. Richards Yspûr, the square of a pillar below, the roundel of a pillar. 1824 J. Elmes at Capital The roundel or bead moulding, which is a semicircle. 1864 C. E. Davis 45 Fragments of an early English roundel moulding, a decorated roll moulding, and a portion of late decorated tracery were also discovered. 1909 A. Marquand ii. 105 The taenia moulding occasionally appears in a modified form..where it has a roundel moulding imbedded in it. 1962 66 252/2 A wooden column..consisting of..a roundel covering the base, and a small part of a fluted, Ionian shaft. 2008 N. Davies & E. Jokiniemi 322/2 Roundel, any straight decorative moulding which is half a circle or more in cross-section; an astragal, roll moulding, bead moulding. the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > parts of bones > [noun] > rounded end ?1541 R. Copland ii. sig. Gijv In suche maner that the sayde roundelles [Fr. rondesses] entre in to the holownesse of the sockettes. 1643 J. Steer tr. Fabricius xv. 60 It is necessary that part which belongeth to the rowndell of the knee be made hollow. the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [noun] > sphericity or globularity > sphere > spherical or globular object 1589 G. Puttenham ii. xi. 83 As the roundell or Spheare is appropriat to the heauens..the Triangle to the ayre, and the Lozange to the water: so is the square for his inconcussable steadinesse likened to the earth. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny I. 188 Anacharsis the Scythian..inuented the cast of turning the roundell or globe. 1635 tr. S. Dupleix 144 The drops of raine falls in roundells upon the earth. 1674 N. Fairfax 182 To find out a scantling beyond which the roundle or globe of the earth is not. a1889 G. M. Hopkins (1967) 65 Why, raindrop-roundels looped together That lace the face of Penmaen Pool. 5. society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > shield > [noun] > small 1538 in J. B. Paul (1907) VII. 13 Gevin for four roundellis to speris, vj cronis. 1562 J. Shute tr. A. Cambini in i. f. 17 The Turkes couered their heades with roundels & targes. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay iv. v. 116 [They] are armed with..bucklers, roundels and targets of steele. 1761 16 They soon laid aside the Argienne Roundel for the great Buckler of the Sabines. 1786 F. Grose 24 The shields used by our Norman ancestors were the triangular or heater shield, the target or buckler, the roundel or rondache, and the pavais, pavache, or tallevas. 1838 J. G. Grant I. ii. 14 He carried also a roundel, or circular light shield, studded with broad nails. 1846 F. W. Fairholt 592 Roundel, the small circular shield of the fourteenth century. 1911 (rev. ed.) 139 In the adjoining Case 25, Roundel (shield) with lantern for night-attacks, of the time of Henry VIII. 1971 35 68/2 The Museum possesses also the two other finest British shields, [the] Battersea and the Wandsworth roundel. 2005 J. E. Lendon 264 (caption) Bronze roundel, third century AD. society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > armour for limbs > [noun] > arm armour > gusset at joints of 1808 E. W. Brayley VII. 229 The Sergeant is depicted in plate armour, with roundels at the knees and elbows. 1879 J. R. Planché 128 The plate-gorget, and circular gussets of plate to which English antiquarians have given the names of palettes and roundels, protect the arm-pits. 1912 T. S. Spivey xvii. 282 The roundle on Cambyses' shoulder was battered into an unrecognizable mass. 1967 29 Nov. 809/3 If some hulking great brute..were to straddle an already overburdened war-horse, the whole caboodle would collapse in a sorry ruin of pauldron and salade, breastplate and roundel, cantle, crupper, [etc.]. 2003 D. Lindholm & D. Nicolle II. 44/2 Between the laminated spaulders and fluted roundels on his shoulders, however, there appear the shorter and much broader sleeves of another..mail garment. society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > stock or shaft > disk between stock and cheeks 1875 E. H. Knight III. 1994/1 Roundel, a disk of iron having a central aperture, through which an assembly-bolt passes. It serves to separate the stock and cheeks. 6. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > designs or patterns 1546 in W. Page (1897) 139 Three albes with parrettes of blak satten with roundelles. 1548 f. clv* The right side was ryche tyssue embaudered with a compasse or roundell of blacke veluet. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. iv. f. 104v/1, in R. Holinshed I Those [mantles] for the chanons are of Murrey with a roundell of the armes of S. George. 1645 Bp. J. Hall xvi. 134 The Councel of Ravenna..ordered, that no Jew might come forth of his doores without a Roundell of yellow cloth upon his upper garment. 1857 W. Fordyce I. 48/1 A vestment..of the same cloth, embroidered with the Passions of many martyrs in roundels. 1920 A. F. Kendrick (Victoria & Albert Mus.) I. iv. 95 Fragment of a Roundel from a linen tunic, tapestry-woven in coloured wools on linen warps. 1991 Spring 74 An Irish cotton sheet has filet lace with a roundel insert of a cupid. 2002 J. E. Vollmer iv. 92 The earliest example of dragon roundels used on a robe dates from the Liao dynasty. society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > less honourable charge > circular device 1562 G. Legh 149 Whether are Roundells of all suche coloures, as ye haue spoken of here before? or shall they be named Roundelles of those coloures? 1610 J. Guillim iv. xiv. 226 Leigh making mention of Roundles giueth examples of nine sundry sorts of them. 1655 M. Carter Anal. Honor in 77 If these roundals are charged in counter-changes as before, then they are only called Roundals. 1688 R. Holme ii. v. 89 He beareth Argent, a Cassidony slip flowered, or French Lavender, it hath at distances many small or narrow, and long leaves, set in roundels. 1728 E. Chambers at Pellets In Heraldry, a Name given those Roundles which are Black; call'd also Ogresses and Gun-stones. 1785 P. Whalley Note on Anthony & Cleopatra in I. Reed (rev. ed.) VIII. 312 The balls or roundels, in an escutcheon of arms, according to their different colours, have different names. 1858 J. F. Y. Mogg (ed. 2) 32 Argent, a roundel, gules. This is a charge much used in heraldry, and is in the shape of a plate. 1880 XI. 697/2 The Roundel, if of metal, is a simple disk. 1909 A. C. Fox-Davies ix. 151 When the roundle is gold it is termed a ‘bezant’..when vert a ‘pomeis’. 1963 44 242 The royal arms, France (modern) and England quarterly with a label of all three points argent each charged with as many roundles. 2002 A. Ailes in P. Cross & M. Keen v. 99 Richard had borne the royal arms differenced with a white label bearing three red roundels on each point. society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > air force > [noun] > insignia of society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > identification disc 1939 F. D. Tredrey 9 Paint the whole thing silver, colour in the rudder and roundels on fuselage and wings, and there you are. 1941 16 Oct. 2/5 No one may use..the red, white, and blue R.A.F. roundel employed by the Air Ministry to distinguish vehicles used by them. 1963 J. Lusby in B. James 225 Wingtip clear of the next man's, able to move forward or back and level with his roundel. 1975 T. Allbeury xxiii. 142 A helicopter came..across the bay. The RAF roundels looked fresh and clean. 2001 R. Joshi (2002) 211 The planes are painted a dull black, except for the roundels of the Indian Air Force, green dot in the middle, then a white circle, then the orange circle outside. 7. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > round windows 1574 in G. R. Batho (1962) 104 Next adioyning to the same is the Great Chamber, wherein is a chymney, v windowes and twoo roundels glased. a1697 J. Aubrey (1718) III. 360 In the Parlour and Chamber..are some Roundels of painted Glass, viz. St. Michael fighting with the Devil. 1797 T. Arnold (German ed. 9) II. Glasscheibe, glassy roundel, round pannel of glass. 1865 No. 1974. 285/1 The allegorical figures in the roundels. 1898 W. Gandy ix. 145 The panes have been filled with bull's-eyes, ‘roundels’, or the waste centres left from the discs of crown glass after cutting. 1933 R. Mollet ii. 13 Bullions are very popular... The smaller sizes (2 or 3 in. in diameter) are sometimes called ‘roundels’. 1970 N. Pevsner (Buildings of Eng.) (ed. 2) 148 In the oriel window a glass roundel with a portrait head of Henrietta Maria..c. 1630. 2003 June 451 A mid-eighteenth-century stained-glass roundel. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > medallion 1776 F. Grose IV. 150 The ceiling [is] ornamented with figures in relief, representing Christ and the twelve apostles. These are inclosed in roundels, or circles. 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs 307 [The altar piece] has also gables and medallions or roundels. 1875 C. D. E. Fortnum iii. 26 Each roundel is a massive disc of terra-cotta, of a single piece. 1908 Aug. 94/2 Sundry musicians relieve the frieze by playing on harps in plaster roundels. 1999 D. Norman vi. 116 On the lid appear twelve carved roundels, ten of which house single angels, saints or prophets. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [noun] > a picture > types of 1879 22 Mar. 269/1 On the wall to the right of the apse are painted roundels and various conventional patterns. 1932 T. E. Lawrence 20 Oct. (1938) 749 Bruce Rogers' typography is beautiful... As for his roundels, the mass of gold and black fills the empty chapter-heading well enough. 1983 June 32/1 There is a pen and ink roundel of The Entombment of Christ. 1997 J. Bowker 114/2 (caption) This 16th-century map of Canaan and the nearby nations is surrounded by roundels illustrating episodes in Abraham's life. society > occupation and work > equipment > ladder > [noun] > rung or step the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [noun] > cylindrical object 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay iv. xxxiii. 156 Solon..made them to be written in boords or roundelles [Fr. rondeaux] of wood (which roundels, according to Aristotle, were called Cyrbes). 1589 ‘Marphoreus’ To Rdr. sig. B4 These men, must needs (and so doo) dislike of all degrees; worthie themselues to proceede by no degrees, but roundels. 1656 R. Sanderson 411 When they are in the top of their jollity, and gotten to the uppermost roundle of the ladder. 1681 6 Their crimes which truly deserve the Halter and the Ax, are the sole Roundels, whereby they mount the Ladder of Towring preferment. 1830 H. Smith I. 41 Sir Valentine..mounted to the topmost roundel of the ladder. 1876 Jan. 197 Let me tread every roundle of Jacob's sacred ladder, till I mount up and be with God. 9. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > turret > of specific shape 1633 H. Hexham 26 Comanded our men from all guards to give fire vpon the wall, and the Roundels of it, to keepe the Ennemy from shooting. 1694 E. D'Auvergne 55 This is a neat little Town; it lies in a Bottom, and so cannot be made strong, however it has ancient Walls and Roundels about it. 1738 (ed. 2) III. 248 [The castle of Drumlanrig] is Four-square, with Roundels in the inner Angles of the Court. 1821 W. Scott III. iii. 58 The window of the west roundel of the auld house. 1883 J. Martine 70 Hence the encroachment of the Roundel on the street, with its spiral stair inside. 1911 J. Geddie (ed. 2) ix. 101 The first floor of the house entered by the roundel tower near the mouth of the pend. 2005 P. S. Fry 120/1 The parapet [of Affleck castle]..has two square corner turrets and two small corner roundels. society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > bastion 1843 (Royal Mil. Acad. Woolwich) iv. 47 The flanking towers instead of being made as hitherto square, were given a round or semi circular form, the better to resist cannon shot, and were also made much lower. These were called Bulwarks or Roundels, and were built quite solid. 1851 H. Yule 152 The bastion with round orillons..seems an easy deduction from the long-necked roundels of Francesco di Giorgio. 1903 VII. 629/1 The roundels were enlarged to permit the introduction of the large guns. 1979 C. Duffy 4/1 In the first of Dürer's manners, the casemated roundels rise to a height of seventy feet above the ditch. the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter > a shelter > an umbrella or parasol 1676 S. Master Diary 16 Aug. in W. Hedges (1888) II. p. ccxxxii There being an ill Custome in the ffactory of writers having roundells carried over their heads, which is not used or allowed by the Government of the towne. 1716 in J. T. Wheeler (1861) II. 230 Cooks, water bearers, coolies, Palankeen boys, roundel men (umbrella carriers). 1773 E. Ives 21 To hire a Roundel-boy, whose business is to walk by his master, and defend him with his Roundel or Umbrella from the heat of the sun. 1900 F. E. Penny vi. 52 The roundel and the kittesal were umbrellas; the first was an emblem of power; it was ornamental and was borne in front of the person. 1999 K. Mukund viii. 160 No ‘black’ person whatever could make use of a roundel without express permission from Fort St. George. II. Senses relating to song or dance. society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > lyric of fixed verse form > rondeau a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) i. l. 2727 (MED) I have ofte assaied Rondeal, balade, and virelai For hire on whom myn herte lai To make. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 671 Arcite hadde romed al his fille And songen al the roundel lustily. ?1407 T. Hoccleve in E. P. Hammond (1927) 67 This rowndel shul we synge & seye In trust of yow & honour of your name. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry (1971) Prol. 11 I made songes, layes. Roundels balades..in the mooste best wyse I coude. a1500 ( J. Lydgate (1934) ii. 622 (heading) (MED) Here endith þe genologie of Kyng Henry þe Sext, and folowith a roundell of him ayens his coronacioun. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil viii. Prol. 67 The railȝear..ratlis furth ranis,..baith roundalis and ryme. 1530 J. Palsgrave 264/1 Roundell, rondeau. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil iv. 78 The skrich howle..Her burial roundel..cruncketh in howling. 1584–9 J. Maxwall f. 5 Thir rowndales schoirte..Is for my spoirte. 1644 J. Milton 5 A higher straine then their owne souldierly ballats and roundels could reach to. ?1719 A. Ramsay 2 A Summer Day I never thought it lang To hear him make a Roundel or a Sang. 1787 J. Thelwall II. 133 For roundels brag to unshent shepherds wend, Whiletime the welkin I with dolours rend. 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton I. ii. i. 196 I think one troubadour roundel worth all that Petrarch ever wrote. 1883 A. C. Swinburne (title) A century of roundels. 1942 18 337 The elaborate stanza forms of the ballade and roundel. 1994 M.-J. Arn 106 The last roundel, occupying the first leaf of a quire, was designed to end the series. society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > round dance > [noun] 1600 W. Shakespeare ii. ii. 1 Come, now a Roundell, and a Fairy song. View more context for this quotation a1827 (1845) XVII. 548/2 The Roundel or Country Dance seems to be purely English. 1863 C. C. Clarke iv. 103 Rousing the mole-cricket with their midnight roundels upon the pearly grass. 1912 W. A. Stecher 62 A roundel for older children, arranged in a column of twos. 2008 (Nexis) 19 Apr. 6 We spent a whole day working on the routine..devised from two traditional country dances, the farandel and the roundel. 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