roundel

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third
noun round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit
noun (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle

From Middle English roundel, rundel, rondel, from Old French rondel (“something round and flat”), a diminutive of rond (“round”). More at round.

[545] His seal bore on a shield a fesse chequy between two roundels. — Shakespeare's family, C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes
The great man leaned against the brickwork of the roundel, and swung his arms abroad. — Puck of Pook's Hill, Rudyard Kipling
Only Tronda said she saw him flee forth of the window of the west roundel of the auld house, upon a dragon, as she averred. — The Pirate: Andrew Lang Edition, Walter Scott

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