Round'e-lāy, n.

n. [O. Fr. rondelet, from Fr. rondelet, roundish, diminutive of rond, round. Cf. RONDEAU.]

1. A sort of ancient poem, consisting of thirteen verses, of which eight are in one kind of rhyme, and five in another. It is divided into couplets; at the end of the second and third of which, the beginning of the poem is repeated, and that, if possible, in an equivocal or punning sense.
2. (Mus.) (a.) A simple, rural strain which is short and lively. (b.) A kind of dance; a dance in a circle. Moore.
3. Any thing having a round form; a roundel.