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rondel

ron.del or ron.delle \'ra:n-d*l, ra:n-'del\ \ra:n-'del\ n [ME, fr. OF, 
   lit., small circle - more at ROUNDEL] usu rondelle  1: a circular object  
   usu rondel  2a: a fixed form of verse running on two rhymes and consisting 
   usu. of 14 l ines of eight or ten syllables divided into three stanzas in 
   which the 1st two lines of the 1st stanza serve as the refrain of the 2nd 
   and 3d stanzas 2b: a poem in this form  2c: RONDEAU