roundlet

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English

Etymology

From Middle English roundelet, from Middle French rondelet, a diminutive of rondel (“small circle”).

Noun

roundlet (plural roundlets)

  1. A small disk, circle or other round object.
    • 1653, Sir Hugh Plat, The Jewel House of Art and Nature:
      […] 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.
    • 1894, Sir Francis James Grant, The Manual of Heraldry, page 37:
      The annexed arrangements of roundlets in shields will show how they are placed and described.
    • 2011, Dorothy Hartley, Medieval Costume and How to Recreate It, page 91:
      The basis of the chaperon was a wreath-like pad, called a bourlet or roundlet (not unlike a miniature motor-tyre), encircling the temples.

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