1. a circular design or decorative motif
2. a circular identifying mark on military aircraft
Usage: military
3. a type of poem with a circular or repetitive structure
Usage: literary

Examples

• The stained glass window featured colorful roundels depicting saints.
• Each fighter plane bore the national roundel on its wings.
• The medieval manuscript was decorated with gold roundels.
• The poet composed a roundel about the changing seasons.
• Blue and red roundels marked the aircraft as belonging to the Royal Air Force.
• The church’s rose window contained dozens of small roundels.
• She studied the roundel form in her poetry class.