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Meaning of ROUNCEVAL

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Roun"ce*val\, a. [F. Ronceval, Roncevaux, a town at
    the foot of the foot of the Pyrenees, Sp. Roncesvalles.]
    Large; strong; -- from the gigantic bones shown at
    Roncesvalles, and alleged to be those of old heroes. [Obs.]
    
  2. \Roun"ce*val\, n.
    A giant; anything large; a kind of pea called also
    {marrowfat}. [Obs.]
    
 
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