[ noun ] a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain <noun.communication>
Roundelay \Round"e*lay\, n. [OF. rondelet, dim. of rondel. See {Roundel}, {Roundeau}, and cf. {Roundlet}, {Rundlet}.] 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.