demilune
Americannoun
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a crescent.
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Fortification. an outwork resembling a bastion with a crescent-shaped gorge.
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a crescent or half-moon shape, as of the top of a piece of furniture.
adjective
noun
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fortifications an outwork in front of a fort, shaped like a crescent moon
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a crescent-shaped object or formation; half-moon
Etymology
Origin of demilune
Example Sentences
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The outdoor space consists of a tiny demilune balcony that overlooks the sea.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
Sunlight cascades through the demilune and tall windows into the great room with its 18-foot vaulted barrel ceiling made of narrow pine slats.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2015
On the other side of that was a small demilune of a garden, which gave the place the title of Crescent, and beyond that a straight row of houses all exactly alike.
From Across the Stream by Edward Frederic Benson
Whereupon he plunged again into the flood, and aided by one or two others soon had the raft free from the entangling remains of the demilune.
From Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies by Henry Christopher McCook
Their main hope now was in a fortification which they had been constructing inside the Brussels gate —a demilune of considerable strength.
From The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 30: 1579-80 by John Lothrop Motley
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