rondel noun5 •A metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two. •The verse form rondeau. •(historical) A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel (hence the name). •A rondelle, (small) circular object. •(historical) A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion. formsrondels