Associations to the word «Rondel»
Noun
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Wiktionary
RONDEL, 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.
RONDEL, noun. A poem in the above form.
RONDEL, noun. The verse form rondeau.
RONDEL, noun. A poem in the above rondeau form.
RONDEL, noun. A rondelle, (small) circular object.
RONDEL, noun. A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel (hence the name).
RONDEL, noun. A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
Dictionary definition
RONDEL, noun. 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.
Wise words
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before
you let it fall.