rondel

variants or rondelle

Examples of rondel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But the showstoppers are the windows: high, arched, and set with leaded glass that includes rondels of colorful scenes (a white castle under attack by griffins, a golden lion wearing a tiny golden crown). Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 19 Jan. 2023 Some store fronts are embellished with elaborate sculptures, like a rondel depicting a pair of women exchanging scandalous gossip. New York Times, 20 May 2022 Testifying to flexible convictions, the Morgan show includes a rondel painting by Holbein, circa 1532, of Erasmus’s thin-faced, pointy-nosed mien, and also a small portrayal, circa 1535, of Luther’s most efficacious disciple, Philipp Melanchthon. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022 Crown of Emara features a meaty double rondel that sprawls across two central boards. Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2018 In addition to the pistol dog, the dig team also found pieces of Spanish armor and a rondel dagger, popular in Europe in the late Middle Ages. Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 13 Mar. 2018 The team has also found Spanish armor parts and other artifacts, including a rondel dagger popular in Europe in the late Middle Ages, at the site. Julissa Treviño, Smithsonian, 9 Mar. 2018 The Asian rondel is a coffee table top that originally belonged to Jen’s grandmother but had become too fragile to stand on its own. Star-Telegram, star-telegram.com, 3 May 2017

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“Rondel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rondel. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.

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