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Meaning of 'roundel' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Roundel [ a.]
- A rondelay.
- Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
- A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
- A circular spot; a sharge in the form of a small circle.
- A bastion of a circular form.

Meaning of 'roundel' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . roundel [ n]
Meaning (1):
- (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a filled circle
Example in sentence:
  • a hollow roundel

Nearby Words:

rouble rouche roue rouet rouge rouge dragon rougecroix rouged rough rough-footed

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