单词 | roundlet |
释义 | roundletn. 1. a. A small round or circular object; a round or circular piece of something; something formed into a small circle or ring. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > circularity > a circle > a circular object > small roundela1325 roundlet1380 1380–1 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 389 (MED) In 6 roundeletys empt. pro magno altare, 9 d. c1422 Inventory Norwich in Norfolk Archaeol. (1895) 12 202 (MED) Item, ij roundletts, j cupbord cloth. c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 196 Drawe hyt two & fro, as þou woldest tempre wax & mak hyt in rounde letes. c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 214 (MED) Tak agret rote of radysche..& kytte hyt on fyfty Rounlettes. ?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 367 Torches, mattes, uattes [perh. read nattes], and roundlettes for the chirche. 1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars v. lx. 118 The troubled teares..Make letters seeme as rondlets that arise By a stone cast into a standing brooke. a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) 310 The little Circles or Roundlets dispersed here and there about the Hemispheres. 1847 Norfolk Archaeol. 1 194 She carried it home, unappreciating its worth beyond that of a small roundlet of brass. 1892 J. G. Brighton Adm. of Fleet 103 The figure-head of the Shannon, a colossal female bust, ornamented with a necklace of gilded roundlets. 1906 Dollar Mag. June 91 The roundlet of trees presents the appearance of a fortification. 1969 V. Nabokov Ada i. viii. 51 The shadows of leaves on the sand were variously interrupted by roundlets of live light. 2003 P. Russell War against Animals 326 Cameron poured roundlets of batter onto the griddle. b. A medieval headdress resembling a turban, made of a thick circular roll of material. historical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > parts of hood vicec1440 roundlet1603 liripipe1843 1603 J. Stow Suruay of London (new ed.) 545 These hoodes were worne, the Roundelets vpon their heades, the skirtes to hang behind in their neckes. 1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 191 The alteration of the chaperon..into a regularly-formed crown within a thick roll called the roundlet. 1860 F. W. Fairholt Costume in Eng. (ed. 2) 149 The cap..is composed of a thick roll of stuff encircling the head, like a turban, and styled a roundlet. 1907 Burlington Mag. Aug. 316/1 The roundlet or stuffed roll which usually is the foundation of the hood [is] replaced in this instance with a sort of embroidered smoking cap. 1998 T. Tierney Medieval Fashions Coloring Bk. 3/1 Stuffed turbans, called roundlets, were trimmed with liripipes too. c. Heraldry. = roundel n. 6b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > less honourable charge > circular device roundel1562 rundle1562 roundlet1680 rundlet1688 1680 G. Mackenzie Sci. Herauldry xviii. 48 If these Roundlets be shadow'd, they are call'd Bowles; and the first who bore these, was the Family of Medicis now Duke of Florence. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. vi. 61/1 He beareth Party per Pale Vert and Argent, three Roundletts counterchanged. 1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) Pellets, in heraldry, a name given those roundlets which are black. 1766 M. A. Porny Elem. Heraldry (1787) Dict. Ogress, term used by English Heralds only, to express the black Roundelets, which are also called Pellets and Gunstones. 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 140/2 There are nine roundlets, or balls, also used in heraldry. 1883 L. H. Grindon Shakspere Flora xii. 265 In heraldry, the deep blue roundlets occasionally met with received the name of hurtes. 1913 Burlington Mag. Jan. 231/1 In the 15th century the Medici bore or, 6 torteaux (red roundlets). 1969 G. L. Remnant Catal. Misericords in Great Brit. 151 Right, a shield parted per pale, on a chief three roundlets (arms not known). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > lyric of fixed verse form > rondeau > short roundletc1415 rondeletc1475 c1415 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Lansd.) (1874) l. 948 Of suche Matier maade he mony layes Songes compleintes Roundeletis [c1425 Petworth roundelettes; c1405 Hengwrt roundels]. a1500 (c1380) G. Chaucer Parl. Fowls (Harl. 7333) (1871) l. 675 But fyrst were Chosyn foulis for to syng As yeere be yeere was Alwey hir vsaunce To sing a Roundelet [c1500 Trin. Cambr. Rondlet; c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 roundele] at hir departing. 1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor 22 So Terentia taking the Lute in hir hand beganne to warble out this roundelet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1380 |
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