mamelon
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of mamelon
C19: from French: nipple
Example Sentences
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The houses—many of which have late Gothic doorways—are clustered about the sides of an isolated hill or mamelon in the valley of the Lot, beyond which rise the high cliffs covered with dark woods.
From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Edward Harrison Barker
In the midst of this plain rises a mamelon or insulated granite rock, resembling in form Mont St. Michel, called the Mont Dol.
From Brittany & Its Byways by Mrs. Bury Palliser
In their daring impetuosity the dragoons went as far as our rear-guard, where they were stopped by new forces, and finally brought back with great loss to the foot of the mamelon.
From World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France by M. (François) Guizot
The attack was again begun, and this time directed against the whole line of the English positions, while Village's brigade turned the mamelon to assail them in flank.
From World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France by M. (François) Guizot
This was none other than the mamelon mentioned as above the outpost, which had been captured over their fire by the volunteer storming party in the night.
From Anabasis by Henry Graham Dakyns
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