# rondel

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
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. A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel (hence the name).
5. A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.

## Etymology
From Middle English rondel, from Old French rondel, a diminutive of ronde, the feminine of ront, reont (“round (in shape)”), from Latin rotundus (“round, circular; spherical”), related to rota (“wheel”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rondel