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Webster 1913 Edition
Roundelay
Round′e-lay
,Noun.
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.
Definition 2024
roundelay
roundelay
English
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Noun
roundelay (plural roundelays)
- (music) A poem or song having a line or phrase repeated at regular intervals.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Tennyson to this entry?)
- A dance in a circle.
- Anything having a round form; a roundel.