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rondels

rondels is the plural of rondel.

Meaning of rondel

Noun

rondel (plural rondels)

  1. A metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two.
  2. The verse form rondeau.
  3. A rondelle, (small) circular object.
  4. (historical) A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel (hence the name).
  5. (historical) A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.

Questions about rondels

What is rondels the plural of?
Rondels is the plural of rondel.

Words near rondels in the dictionary

  1. rondeletiid
  2. rondeletiids
  3. rondelets
  4. rondelle
  5. rondelles
  6. rondels
  7. Rondinelli
  8. Rondinellis
  9. rondino
  10. rondinos
  11. rondle

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