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roundel

[ UK /ɹˈa‍ʊndə‍l/ ]
NOUN
  1. (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a filled circle
    a hollow roundel
  2. round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit
  3. English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third

How To Use roundel In A Sentence

  • One of the stars of the collection is the Diana and Minerva commode of 1773, so called for the inlaid roundels representing the goddesses of the hunt and the arts, respectively.
  • There is a comic roundelay that makes sense on its face, but if you think about it for a second, you realize how forced and unreal it is.
  • Each of the six windows features the image of a plant mentioned in the Bible, along with a memorial statement and two roundels containing painted symbols representing the Gospels.
  • May there be some clear little stream just behind you, laughing along its idle way; -- some chirping birds, singing their roundelay -- some buzzing flies -- you will then be lulled into doziness. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 266, July 28, 1827
  • These figures are in the central roundel, while active seabeasts occupy the semi-roundels.
  • A Roundel Argent charged with three Bars wavy Azure overall a Lion rampant as in the Arms the whole environed by a Chaplet of Wheat Or and debruising a Cross flory Gold.
  • The upper roundels with resting warriors represent Peace, flanked by a figure of Justice.
  • The only real connective tissue is the nonsense refrain of the title, which seems to slur through a dozen pair of wet, loose lips during this roundelay of partying.
  • The example shown is ornamented with concentric bands of decoration around a group of folk dancers in the central roundel.
  • The robin is chief singer; his voice ascends like a spiral stair, every ringing note a roundel for the mounting spirit. The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing
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