noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The poetry student struggled to write a rondel, finding the repetition of the initial lines a difficult but interesting constraint. " literature style writing language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The verse form rondeau. Examples : "The poetry assignment was to write either a sonnet or a rondel. " literature writing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A rondelle, (small) circular object. Examples : "The craft project used colorful paper rondels to decorate the card. " thing item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel (hence the name). Examples : "The museum displayed a knight's equipment, including a sword and a rondel, a slender dagger with a distinctive circular guard. " weapon military history item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion. Examples : "The castle's thick wall was protected by a rondel, offering a strong defensive position at the base of the main tower. " architecture military building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
