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rundletn.1Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French rondelet. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman rondelet, rundelete (a1350 or earlier), probably < rondel rondel n. + -et -et suffix1. Compare Middle French rondelle (14th cent.), and also (in different senses) Middle French rondelet (see roundlet n. and rondelet n.). Compare post-classical Latin rondelectum , rondellettum , roundelettum (frequently from 1324 in British sources), apparently < Anglo-Norman, hence implying earlier currency of the Anglo-Norman word. Compare roundlet n. society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] α. 1380–1 in J. T. Fowler (1901) III. 590 (MED) In uno rundlet vini del Rien cont. 60 lag. empt. apud Nov. Castr. c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss (1873) II. 187 Of every rundelet [Fr. rundelete] of the same merchaundise, ob. 1542 in Hist. MSS Comm.: MSS Duke of Rutland (1905) IV. 324 in (Cd. 2606) LXIII. 301 For the carege off a rwndlett off Mus[c]adene, viij d. 1588 W. Lambarde (new ed.) iv. iv. 457 Any kilderkins, tertian, firkins or rundlets. 1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will 486 in (Grosart) VI. 105 Actors, bring now a black Iack, and a rundlet of Renish wine. 1636 J. Winthrop Let. 10 Apr. in (1825) (modernized text) I. App. 391 A rundlet of sack. 1703 W. Dampier iii. 150 My Men came aboard and brought a Rundlet of brackish Water. 1725 D. Defoe i. 6 122 small Anchors or Rundlets of Brandy. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante I. xxviii. 121 A rundlet, that hath lost Its middle or side stave, gapes not so wide. 1895 M. A. Jackson 523 He commended to my own use a rundlet of cognac, as being much too good to be staved. 1913 A. F. Wallis (1914) xxiii. 280 The fellow that had just entered the hold with a handful of biscuits and a little rundlet of burnt wine. 1931 A. Bryant i. ii. 51 [He] assured the authorities that they contained nothing but a rundlet of wine and two firkins of soap. 1960 J. Barth ii. xxvii. 413 This blackguard Bradnox never paid me for that liquor—a rundlet in all, give or take a dram. 2006 C. Frazier iii. v. 273 Smith..took a rundlet from his saddlebag and drank a long pull. β. 1434–6 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt (1931) 237 vj Roundelettes of Resins of Corence.1466 Expenses J. Paston's Funeral in (1904) IV. 227 For a roundlet of red wine of xv. gallonys.1538 A. Fitzherbert 109 The price of the But, Tone, Hoggeshede, Punchion, Tierce, Barel or Roundelet to be sold in grosse.1594 H. Plat 70 Set your roundelet in the sunne.1656 T. Blount Roundlet, a certain measure of Wine, Oyle, &c. containing eighteen Gallons and an half.1684 T. Guidott 2 Some of those who used to have it of him in Bottles, found so much good by it, that they desired him to bring it in Roundlets.1727 P. Longueville 238 There being a small Roundlet lying by empty, he takes one of the Ends of it, in which the next Day he beat Butter.1754 E. Burt II. xviii. 83 Horses loaded with Roundlets of Usky.1809 A. Clifford in I. vii. 590 In bishop Gibson's days, a roundlet of good claret was as frequently to be met with in Northumberland as in Middlesex.1879 31 Oct. 1/4 (advt.) Implements.—Thrashing machine..milk tubs, roundlets, churn, [etc.].1903 37 52/2 A quantity of buttermilk was delivered in six roundlets.2003 I. S. Hornsey vi. 353 After a while the fermenting mass was run into the casks known as roundlets—where further fermentation occurred.γ. 1471 E. Paston in (2004) I. 634 My modyre..prays ȝow þat ȝe wyl bye here a runlet of malmesey owthe of þe galey.1491–2 in H. Littlehales (1905) 179 For a ronlett of malvinseyn gevyn vnto master plomere.1530 in W. H. Stevenson (1885) III. 184 Quatuor roneletes vini dulcis vocati Malvesy.1579 in W. H. Turner (1880) 401 Bruers measures, as barells,..firkins, runletts, ladlemeales.1612 T. Taylor i. 7 They make their bodies like runlets or wine caskes.1670 J. Dryden & W. Davenant ii. 18 The Runlet of Brandy was a loving Runlet, and floated after us out of pure pity.1736 i. v. 194 Then strain it out, and put it in a Runlet.1814 R. Southey Carmina Aulica in III. 314 Many a runlet of right Nantes, I ween, Hath suffer'd percolation through that trunk.1851 T. H. Turner I. iii. 124 Æneas [Sylvius] had received at a certain monastery a few loaves and a runlet of red wine.1882 23 606 Who brought him venison pasties and apple turnovers and runlets of ale.1910 E. Phillpotts iii. ii. 209 He rested presently, and the boy brought him a little runlet of cider.1932 H. Quinn Quiet Twelfth in 92 The words come trippin' out of ye betimes like buttermilk gurglin' out of a runlet.1988 H. A. Klein iii. 44 The kilderkin corresponded to a measure known in 1483 as the runlet.δ. 1484 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1484 §31. m. 21 Every rondelet to holde .xviij. galons and an half.1531–2 c. 7 §4 The prices of..the butt, tonne, pype,..teers, barrell, or rondlett.1593 G. Harvey New Let. in (1884) I. 280 Her beginning [is] like the purest Oyle in the crowne of the rondelet.?1600 H. Plat sig. E9 I haue knowne Roseleaues kept well in Rondlets.1618 M. Dalton 117 Sixteene gallons. maketh the Rondlet.a1690 S. Jeake (1696) 72 1 Rundlet or Rondlet = 18½ Gallons.ε. 1616 in (1886) 1st Ser. I. 112 I sent my lord Careie a Renlett of choice aquavite.1637 in E. George et al. (2002) 103 4 renletts of sixe gallones apeece of french brand wine... One renlett of 4 gallons of the same wine.1652 R. Brome v. sig. N1 And perhaps save me the expence of a Renlet of Sack the while.1594 J. Lyly iii. ii. sig. E2 My bodie being the rundlet, and my mouth the vent. 1608 T. Middleton (new ed.) ii. sig. B4 v Lets pierce the Rundlets of our running heads. 1638 J. Cleveland in Obsequies 10 in When we have fill'd the rundlets of our eyes, We'll issue 't forth. Compounds 1813 ‘T. Martin’ 235/2 Rundlet-cooper is a second branch of this trade. 1837 N. Whittock et al. 161 The Rundlet-cooper works principally for distillers and makers of various cordials. 1910 J. A. Rees II. 172 There were doubtless in the same district many ‘dry-coopers’, so called..in opposition to the ‘rundlet-coopers’ who made casks capable of holding liquids. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rundletn.2Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rundle n.1, -et suffix1. Etymology: < rundle n.1 + -et suffix1, partly as alteration of roundlet n. 1597 J. Gerard ii. cxxi. 564 The leaues [of mountain sideritis] are much narrower, otherwise like, hauing small rough rundlets or tufts, pale of colour like Marrubium. 1776 W. Withering I. Introd. p. xxxvi We examine the specimen, and find a Fence to each Rundle and likewise a Fence to each Rundlet. 1831 W. Patrick 132 Each of the stems or rays, which form these rundles or umbels, as they are called, are frequently crowned by a rundlet, or smaller set of rays. the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > a circle or ring > small 1611 J. Florio Fondello, rundlets to lay vnder dishes as they vse in Germany. 1661 T. Blount (ed. 2) at Trochisk A little Rundlet or Cake whereinto divers medicinable things are reduced. 1671 J. Webster xvii. 242 I do not know that great masses of Copper..have been digged up; but rather certain little masses of a very various figure: to wit, sometimes in the figure of drops or isicles, of little rods, or little rundlets, or globes. 1704 tr. I. de la Peyrère Acct. Greenland in A. Churchill & J. Churchill II. 466/1 The Demi-circle underneath being fastened to the uppermost Circle, or round Hole like a Rundlet, where it opens towards its Paniers. 1875 W. D. Parish Rundlet, a small circle. 1917 Jan. 43/2 The rundlets and pegs of the yoke. †3. 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 1672 E. Ashmole xxi. 574 These Mantles are of Taffety..; upon the right shoulder of which is a Scutcheon of St. Georges Arms within a Rundelet, imbroidered with Gold and Silk. society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > less honourable charge > circular device 1688 R. Holme i. vi. 60/2 It is not requisite in Blason, to name the colloars of these nine Rundlets, except they be counter changed. 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