roundelay Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain

WordNet

Round"e*lay noun
Etymology
OF. rondelet, dim. of rondel. See Roundel, Roundeau, and cf. Roundlet, Rundlet.
Definitions
  1. (Poetry) See Rondeau, and Rondel.
  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.
  3. Anything having a round form; a roundel.

Webster 1913