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ˈsemi-lune
[As if ad. L. *sēmilūna half-moon: see semi- 7 a and lune3.]
A semilunar or crescent-shaped form, structure, etc.; Fortif. = demi-lune 2.
1858Holden Hum. Osteol. (1878) 162 The ‘semilunar’ bone may be told by its two ‘semilunes’ below. 1862Rawlinson Anc. Mon. Assyria iv, Between this outer barrier and the City moat were interposed a species of semilune. 1880V. Harris & Power Man. Physiol. Lab. 46 Granular semilunar bodies, the semilunes of Heidenhain. 1905Daily Chron. 18 Oct. 4/4 The vast semi-lune along the Strand. |