mamelon

British  

/ ˈmæmələn /

noun

1. a small rounded hillock

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Etymology

Origin of mamelon

C19: from French: nipple

Example Sentences

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 Guizot, M. (François)

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 Guizot, M. (François)

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 Barker, Edward Harrison

After this achievement the barbarians came to a crest facing the mamelon, and Xenophon held a colloquy with them by means of an interpreter, to negotiate a truce, and demanded back the dead bodies.

From Anabasis by Dakyns, Henry Graham

Here was the better Limousin landscape—every knoll and mamelon covered with heather and other moor-plants, woods and meadows in the dells and dips.

From Two Summers in Guyenne by Barker, Edward Harrison