roundel
Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊn.dəl/
The English word “roundel” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
- A roundelay or rondelay.
- A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
- A circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle.
- A circular insignia painted on an aircraft to identify its nationality or service.
- A bastion of a circular form.
- An umbrella.
Etymology
From Middle English roundel, rundel, rondel, from Old French rondel (“something round and flat”), a diminutive of rond (“round”). More at round.
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