roundel
Anything having a round formAnything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
Meaning
7 sensesAnything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
the London Underground roundel
English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third
A roundelay or rondelay.
A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
A circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle.
Kugel
(heraldry) a charge in the shape of a filled circle
A circular insignia painted on an aircraft to identify its nationality or service.
A bastion of a circular form.
(India, obsolete)An umbrella.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English roundel, rundel, rondel, from Old French rondel (“something round andFrom Middle English roundel, rundel, rondel, from Old French rondel (“something round and flat”), a diminutive of rond (“round”). More at round.
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