roundlet
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English roundelet, from Middle French rondelet, a diminutive of rondel (“small circle”).
Noun edit
roundlet (plural roundlets)
- A small disk, circle or other round object.
- 1653, Sir Hugh Plat, The Jewel House of Art and Nature:
- […] let the water continue on the fire a Pater noster while, then take it off, and being cold, put the ſame into ſome roundlet, filling the roundlet brim full.
- 1894, Sir Francis James Grant, The Manual of Heraldry, page 37:
- The annexed arrangements of roundlets in shields will show how they are placed and described.
- 2011, Dorothy Hartley, Medieval Costume and How to Recreate It, page 91:
- The basis of the chaperon was a wreath-like pad, called a bourlet or roundlet (not unlike a miniature motor-tyre), encircling the temples.