Meaning of roundel | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
2. A roundelay or rondelay.
3. A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
4. A circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle.
5. A circular insignia painted on an aircraft to identify its nationality or service.
6. A bastion of a circular form.
7. An umbrella.
   India, obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“the London Underground roundel”

“The Overground has been given a seat at the Underground table. It has the roundel, the Johnston typeface, and it is on the Tube map.”

“Come⟳, now a roundel and a fairy song ... Fairies sing⟳.”

“The roundel or rondache derived its name⟳ from its circular figure⟳, it was made of oziers boards of light⟳ wood, sinews or ropes, covered with leather, plates of metal, or stuck full of nails in concentric circles or other figures.”

“[…] a Roundel-boy; whose business, is, to walk⟳ by his master, and defend⟳ him with his Roundel or Umbrella from the heat of the sun.”

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