Meanings
plural roundlets
- A small disk, circle or other round object.
The annexed arrangements of roundlets in shields will show how they are placed and described.
1894, Sir Francis James Grant, The Manual of Heraldry, page 372 more examples
[…] let the water continue on the fire a Pater noster while, then take it off, and being cold, put the ſame into ſome roundlet, filling the roundlet brim full.
1653, Sir Hugh Plat, The Jewel House of Art and NatureThe basis of the chaperon was a wreath-like pad, called a bourlet or roundlet (not unlike a miniature motor-tyre), encircling the temples.
2011, Dorothy Hartley, Medieval Costume and How to Recreate It, page 91Synonyms: rondel
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small disk, circle or other round object.
Origin
- Middle Frenchrondelet
- Middle Englishroundelet
- Englishroundlet
From Middle English roundelet, from Middle French rondelet, a diminutive of rondel (“small circle”).
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