Definition of Roundil
Roun"del (?), n. [OF. rondel a
roundelay, F. rondel, rondeau, a dim. fr. rond;
for sense 2, cf. F. rondelle a round, a round shield. See
Round, a., and cf. Rondel,
Rondelay.] 1. (Mus.) A
rondelay. "Sung all the roundel lustily."
Chaucer.
Come, now a roundel and a fairy
song. Shak.
2. Anything having a round form; a round
figure; a circle.
The Spaniards, casting themselves into roundels,
. . . made a flying march to Calais. Bacon.
Specifically: (a) A small circular shield,
sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. (b)
(Her.) A circular spot; a sharge in the form of a small
circle. (c) (Fort.) A bastion of a
circular form.
Roun"del (?), n. [OF. rondel a
roundelay, F. rondel, rondeau, a dim. fr. rond;
for sense 2, cf. F. rondelle a round, a round shield. See
Round, a., and cf. Rondel,
Rondelay.] 1. (Mus.) A
rondelay. "Sung all the roundel lustily."
Chaucer.
Come, now a roundel and a fairy
song. Shak.
2. Anything having a round form; a round
figure; a circle.
The Spaniards, casting themselves into roundels,
. . . made a flying march to Calais. Bacon.
Specifically: (a) A small circular shield,
sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. (b)
(Her.) A circular spot; a sharge in the form of a small
circle. (c) (Fort.) A bastion of a
circular form.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
- (Music) A rondelay.
Quotations
*1595: Come, now a roundel and a fairy song ... Fairies sing. — William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene II, line 1.
*????: Sung all the roundel lustily. — Chaucer?
- (Armor) Category:Armor A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Quotations
*1786: The roundel or rondache derived its name from its circular figure, it was made of oziers boards of light wood, sinews or ropes, covered with leather, plates of metal, or stuck full of nails in concentric circles or other figures. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 26.
- (heraldry): A circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle.
- (Fortification) A bastion of a circular form.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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