1. (n.) A rondelay.

2. (a.) Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.

3. (n.) A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

4. (n.) A circular spot.

5. (n.) A bastion of a circular form.

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