rondeau

noun

1. A fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually of 13 lines in three stanzas with the opening words of the first line of the first stanza used as an independent refrain after the second and third stanzas.

   “Though we have the English rondels of Occleve and a set of rondeaus in the Rolliad (written by Dr. Lawrence, the friend of Burke, according to Mr. Edmund Gosse, who has given us an admirable essay upon exotic forms of verse), […].”

   “First of all, the two rondeaux appear in the 1538 version of the previously published Adoleseenee Clementine at the end of the section of poems of the same genre.”

2. A monophonic song with a two-part refrain.

   “Still should not reference perchance be made to the rondeaus [which?] C. P. E. Bach presented in his last sonata collection?”

   “The rondeaus show great variety. There are two very short, apparently primitive rondeaus a 3.”

   “[…] for example, we might be tempted to think that his rondeaux also explore atypical compositional procedures.”

3. Synonym of rondeau pan; a shallow pot or pan that can be used for braising.

name

1. A surname.