Roundel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɹaʊn.dəl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Roundel is a noun meaning Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
Meaning
Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
More Meanings
- (music) A roundelay or rondelay.
- A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
- (heraldry) A circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle.
- (aviation) A circular insignia painted on an aircraft to identify its nationality or service.
- A bastion of a circular form.
- (India, obsolete) An umbrella.
Example Sentences
the London Underground roundel
Come, now a roundel and a fairy song ... Fairies sing.
[…] a Roundel-boy; whose business, is, to walk by his master, and defend him with his Roundel or Umbrella from the heat of the sun.
The Overground has been given a seat at the Underground table. It has the roundel, the Johnston typeface, and it is on the Tube map.
Word Forms
- roundels
- roundle
Synonyms for roundel
Depending on context, synonyms include cockade.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include roundelay, roundell, roundle, rowndell, roundure, rondure.
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