[ron.del] or ron.delle n [ME, fr. OF, lit., small circle--more at roundel] (14c) 1 usu rondelle: a circular object; esp: a circular jewel or jeweled ring
2. a usu rondel: a fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usu. of 14 lines in three stanzas in which the first two lines of the first stanza are repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas b: a poem in this form c: rondeau 1