roundel

  1. Noun.  Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
  2. Noun.  (music) A roundelay or rondelay.
  3. Noun.  A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
  4. Noun.  (heraldiccharge) A circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle.
  5. Noun.  (aviation) a circular insignia painted on an aircraft to identify its nationality or service.
  6. Noun.  A bastion of a circular form.

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