different between rounde vs roundel

English

Adverb

rounde (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of round
   • 1865, James Hogg, The works of the Ettrick shepherd

     And rounde and rounde, and faster rounde / The fairye ryng theye flewe / And aye the langer that theye daunsit / The madder on fonne theye grewe.

Anagrams

• enduro, rouned, undoer

English

Alternative forms

• roundle (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English roundel, rundel, rondel, from Old French rondel (“something round and flat”), a diminutive of rond (“round”). More at round.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?n.d?l/

Noun

roundel (plural roundels)

1. Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
2. (music) A roundelay or rondelay.
   • 1595, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene II, line 1:

     Come, now a roundel and a fairy song ... Fairies sing.

   • songen al the roundel lustily.

3. A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 26:

     The roundel or rondache derived its name from its circular figure, it was made of oziers boards of light wood, sinews or ropes, covered with leather, plates of metal, or stuck full of nails in concentric circles or other figures.

4. (heraldry) A circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle.
5. (aviation) a circular insignia painted on an aircraft to identify its nationality or service.

   Synonym: cockade

6. A bastion of a circular form.

Translations

Anagrams

• lounder, roundle, ruled on