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Rondel

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Noun

1. 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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Rondel

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noun
1. 
a rondeau consisting of three stanzas of 13 or 14 lines with a two-line refrain appearing twice or three times
2. 
a figure in Scottish country dancing by means of which couples change position in the set

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Rondel

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noun
1. 
a kind of rondeau, usually with fourteen lines, two rhymes, and the first two lines used as a refrain in the middle and at the end (the second line occasionally being omitted at the end)
2. 
a circular object; esp., a small round or disk-shaped bead used as a spacer, as in a necklace
also ron‧ˈdelle (rɑnˈdɛl; rändelˈ)

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Rondel

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n.
1. A poem similar to a rondeau, having 13 or 14 lines with two rhymes throughout. The first and second lines reappear in the middle and at the end, although sometimes only the first line appears at the end.
2. often ron·delle (rŏn-dĕl) A rounded or circular object.

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