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noun

Roundel n.

(Mus.) A rondelay. "Sung all the roundel lustily." "Come, now a roundel and a fairy song."

Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle. "The Spaniards, casting themselves into roundels,... made a flying march to Calais." 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.

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Etymology of 'Roundel'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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Words linked to "Roundel" : armorial bearing, armor plate, body armor, coat of mail, body armour, heraldry, heraldic bearing, charge, rondel, cataphract, suit of armor, armor plating, rondeau, bearing, plate armour