Dictionary entry

Roundelay

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Round″e‐lay (?), n. [OF. rondelet, dim. of rondel. See Roundel, Roundeau, and cf. Roundlet, Rundlet.] 1. (Poetry) See Rondeau, and Rondel.

2. (Mus.) (a) A tune in which a simple strain is often repeated; a simple rural strain which is short and lively. Spenser.Tennyson. (b) A dance in a circle.

3. Anything having a round form; a roundel.