Found 2 items, similar to Roundelay.
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Definition: roundelay
roundelay
n : a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain
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Definition: Roundelay
Roundelay
\Round"e*lay\, n. [OF. rondelet, dim. of rondel. See
Roundel,
Roundeau, and cf.
Roundlet,
Rundlet.]
1. (Poetry) See
Rondeau, and
Rondel.
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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.
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3. Anything having a round form; a roundel.
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