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| roun·del [ równd'l ] (plural roun·dels) |
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1. round part: a round part or piece, e.g. a round section in a stained-glass window or a round panel in a section of wood paneling
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2. poetry modified form of rondeau: an English form of the rondeau that has eleven lines arranged in three stanzas of three lines and a one-line refrain after the first and third stanzas
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3. poetry type of rondel: a modified form of the rondel that has ten lines arranged in two stanzas of three lines and one of four lines, with the opening line repeated as a refrain
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4. dance
Same as roundelay (sense 2)
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| [13th century. < Old French rondel "small circle" < ro(u)nd- (see round1)] |
