Defn: Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally. R. A. Proctor.
ROUND-BACKED
Round"-backed`, a.
Defn: Having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered.
ROUNDED
Round"ed, a. (Phonetics)
Defn: Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial.
See Guide to Pronunciation, § 11.
ROUNDEL
Roun"del, n. Etym: [OF. rondel a roundelay, F. rondel, rondeau, a
dim. fr. rond; for sense 2, cf. F. rondelle a round, a round shield.
See Round, a., and cf. Rondel, Rondelay.]
1. (Mus.)
Defn: A rondelay. "Sung all the roundel lustily." Chaucer.
Come, now a roundel and a fairy song. Shak.
2. Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle. The Spaniards, casting themselves into roundels, . . . made a flying march to Calais. Bacon. Specifically: (a) A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. (b) (Her.) A circular spot; a sharge in the form of a small circle. (c) (Fort.) A bastion of a circular form.
ROUNDELAY
Round"e*lay, n. Etym: [OF. rondelet, dim. of rondel. See Roundel,
Roundeau, and cf. Roundlet, Rundlet.]