Roundle

or Roundlet . In heraldry, a general name given to charges of a circular form, which in English heraldry have more special names indicative of their tinctures. A roundle or is called a Bezant ; a roundle argent, a Plate ; a roundle gules, a Torteaux ; a roundle azure, a Hurt ; a roundle sable, an Ogre , or Pellet ; a roundle purpure, a Golpe ; a roundle sanguine, a Guze ; a roundle tenney, an Orange . In the heraldry of Scotland and of the continent, it is, on the other hand, usual to design all roundles of metal bezants, and those of color, torteaux, adding the tincture. Thus the coat blazoned in England azure three plates, would be in the Scottish mode of blazon, azure three bezants argent.