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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The verse form rondeau.
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noun
A rondelle, (small) circular object.
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A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel (hence the name).
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Usage: historical
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noun
A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
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Usage: historical
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a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rondeau
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Broader terms: poem, verse form
Narrower terms: roundel, rondelet
History
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”).
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