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rondel definition

ron·del (rän′dəl, rän del′)

noun

  1. a kind of rondeau, usually with fourteen lines, two rhymes, and the first two lines used as a refrain in the middle and at the end (the second line occasionally being omitted at the end)
  2. a circular object; esp., a small round or disk-shaped bead used as a spacer, as in a necklace

Etymology: ME < OFr: see rondeau

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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