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
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
They cross the ditch; they mount behind the demilune.
From The Invasion of France in 1814 by Alexandre Chatrian
Not more than a dozen Pixies are on guard, the rest are beyond the demilune in the camp at supper, carousing, singing and making merry over Rodney's capture.
From Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies by Henry Christopher McCook
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