rondel
Plural: rondels
Noun
- A short poem with a fixed form, typically 13 or 14 lines.
- 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
- 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.
- The verse form rondeau.
- A rondelle, (small) circular object.
- A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel (hence the name).
- A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
Examples
- His opponent constructed a RONDEL of letters, each line intersecting for maximum score.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English rondel, from Old French rondel, a diminutive of ronde, the feminine of ront, reont (“round (in shape)”), from Latin rotundus (“round, circular; spherical”), related to rota (“wheel”).
Scrabble Score: 7
rondel: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordrondel: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rondel: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
rondel: valid Words With Friends Word