Rondel

"Rondel" (from Old French, the diminutive of roont "round", meaning "small circle") may refer to:

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• A rondel or roundel was a type of medieval dagger
• A sort of short poem of 14 lines, see Rondel (poem).
• Rondel may refer to rondeaux or a specific form of the rondeau, a type of French poetry.
• A rondel was a kind of round fortified tower, especially one built at the foot of a bastion.
• Rondel may also be used to mean anything circular, especially a round shield or round emblem and also a circular jewel or circular jeweled ring, or (obsolete) the midriff (middle portion of the torso).
• Rondel enclosures are a type of prehistoric enclosure (archaeology) found in Continental Europe