rundle noun¹. ['rʌnd(ǝ)l] ME.
[Var. of ROUNDEL. In sense 5 perh. alt. of RUNNEL noun.]
1. a. = ROUNDEL 2. arch. ME.
b. A circular or spherical object. Formerly spec. = ROUNDEL 4b. arch. LME.
c. A circular enclosure or field. Now dial. L16.

2. a. A coil; a curve. M16-M17.
b. Botany. A circular arrangement of flowers or leaves; an umbel, a whorl. L16-E19.

3. Heraldry. = ROUNDEL 1b. Now rare or obsolete. M16.

4. a. A cylinder of wood. Formerly spec. a rung of a ladder. Cf. ROUNDEL 5a. Now rare. M16.
b. A solid wheel or barrel. Now rare. E17.

5. A pollard tree. dial. L17.

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rundle noun². ['rʌnd(ǝ)l] Long dial. L16.
[Var. of RUNNEL noun with intrusive d.]
A small stream.

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