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roundel

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
roundel /ˈraʊnd(ə)l/

▶noun

1 a small disc, especially a decorative medallion.
■ a circular identifying mark painted on military aircraft.

2 a variation of the rondeau (poem), consisting of three stanzas of three lines each, rhyming alternately, with the opening words repeated as a refrain after the first and third stanzas.

– origin ME: from OFr. rondel, from ro(u)nd- (see round).

'roundel' also found in these Oxford entries:

bezant - rondel

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