roundel
/ˈɹaʊn.dəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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 korreds are supposed to live in the cromlechs, of which they are believed to have been the builders. They dance around them at night, and betide the unhappy peasant who joins them in their roundels."
- "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."