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He will have banged his bones on the breath-taking Cyclone Safety Coaster and the Flying Turns, a toboggan which makes its twists through semicylindrical tunnels.

From Time Magazine Archive

In front of the white limestone building at No. 1901 Constitution Avenue, in Washington, stands a semicylindrical mirror.

From Time Magazine Archive

They are usually about 4 feet in length, with a width of about 2 feet, a height of 18 inches, and in Maine are usually of semicylindrical form.

From The Lobster Fishery of Maine Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 19, Pages 241-265, 1899 by Cobb, John N. (John Nathan)

A plain semicylindrical moulding, with a square-edged fillet on the face, is also common, and occurs at the church of Orton-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire.

From The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed. by Bloxam, Matthew Holbeche

The semicylindrical portions of the leaf-stalk are formed into cradles for children, or made into splints for fractures.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William