Roun'del, n.
n. [Fr. rondelle, a round, a round shield.] 1. Any thing having a round form or figure; a round form or figure; a circle.
The Spaniards, casting themselves into roundels, . . . made a flying march to Calais. Bacon.
Specifically, (a.) A small circular shield, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, often not more than a foot in diameter. Fairholt. (b.) (Her.) A circular spot; an ordinary in the form of a small circle. (c.) (Fort.) A bastion of a circular form.
Sense 2. (Mus.) [See ROUNDELAY.] A roundelay.
Come, now, a roundel, and a fairy song. Shak.
