† orbelln.
Obsolete. rare.
A circular surface or plot.
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1635 R. Brathwait tr. M. Silesio Arcadian Princesse ii. 148 In the lowest part of the garden I might see a curious orbell all of touch wherein the Syracusan tyrants were..artfully portrayed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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