demilune

American  

[dem-i-loon] / ˈdɛm ɪˌlun /

noun

1. a crescent.

2. Fortification. an outwork resembling a bastion with a crescent-shaped gorge.

3. a crescent or half-moon shape, as of the top of a piece of furniture.

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adjective

1. shaped like a crescent.

demilune British  

/ -ˌljuːn, ˈdɛmɪˌluːn /

noun

1. fortifications an outwork in front of a fort, shaped like a crescent moon

2. a crescent-shaped object or formation; half-moon

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Etymology

Origin of demilune

1720–30; < French: half moon. See demi-, lune ¹

Example Sentences

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demilune

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

I thought best to return with this news, while Glideaway, who went with me on the scout, went around the demilune to observe the front of Fort Spinder.

From Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies by McCook, Henry Christopher

But their confidence was dashed as they saw the Brownies, so far from retreating, actually forming their line of battle in front of the demilune.

From Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies by McCook, Henry Christopher

There is, for instance, the demilune of lined buckram borne by the weak-eyed on their foreheads, the phylactery of the have-beens—I lay myself open to be believed a cripple, or to look an old fool.

From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Hewlett, Maurice Henry