Rondel

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rondel \Ron"del\, n. [Cf. {Rondeau}, {Roundel}.]
     1. (Fort.) A small round tower erected at the foot of a
        bastion. [Obs.]
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     2. [F.]


        (a) Same as {Rondeau}.
        (b) Specifically, a particular form of rondeau containing
            fourteen lines in two rhymes, the refrain being a
            repetition of the first and second lines as the
            seventh and eighth, and again as the thirteenth and
            fourteenth. --E. W. Gosse.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rondel
       n : 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 [syn: {rondeau}]