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What (who) is roundel - definition
IDENTIFICATION SYMBOL, COMMONLY USED IN AIRCRAFT INSIGNIA AND HERALDRY, USUALLY OF CIRCULAR DESIGN
Roundels
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roundel
(roundels)
A roundel is a circular design, for example one painted on a military aircraft.
N-COUNT
Roundel
·adj A bastion of a circular form.
II. Roundel ·adj A Rondelay.
III. Roundel ·adj Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
IV. Roundel ·adj A circular spot; a sharge in the form of a small circle.
V. Roundel ·adj A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
roundel
['ra?nd(?)l]
¦ noun
1. a small disc, especially a decorative medallion.
a circular identifying mark painted on military aircraft.
2. a variation of the rondeau (poem), consisting of three stanzas of three lines each, rhyming alternately, with the opening words repeated as a refrain after the first and third stanzas.
Origin
ME: from OFr. rondel, from ro(u)nd- (see round).
Wikipedia
Roundel
A roundel is a circular disc used as a symbol. The term is used in heraldry, but also commonly used to refer to a type of national insignia used on military aircraft, generally circular in shape and usually comprising concentric rings of different colours. Other symbols also often use round shapes.
Examples of use of roundel
1. A bikini decorated with a pink and blue version of the RAF roundel, T–shirts and a leather flying jacket are included in the range.
2. The website shows a cowled individual of indeterminate gender "keeping warm in style this winter" with a Mind the Gap roundel.
3. There was a legal hiccup when bosses realised shirtmaker Ben Sherman had got their first, and has used the red, white and blue roundel to promote its clothing for years.