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1. (n.) rondel
a short poem usu. of 14 lines on two rhymes, with the initial couplet repeated in the middle and at the end.
Etymology: (1250–1300; < OF rondel, dim. of rondround1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) rondeau, rondel
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
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1. (noun) rondel
a small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion
2. (noun) rondel
same as Rondeau
3. (noun) rondel
specifically, a particular form of rondeau containing fourteen lines in two rhymes, the refrain being a repetition of the first and second lines as the seventh and eighth, and again as the thirteenth and fourteenth
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