semicircledadj.
/ˈsɛmɪsəːk(ə)ld/ Chiefly poetic.
Of the form of a semicircle; arranged as in a semicircle.
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semicircular?a1475
semicircled1590
hemicircular1656
half-round1662
semicirculatinga1700
demi-circular1821
1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. C2v When the Moon begins To ioine in one her semi-circled hornes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. iii. 59 A semi-circled Farthingale. View more context for this quotation
1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) ii. xlviii. 241 Seeds, which as soone as they are ripe, are like Marigold seeds, white, rough, and semicircled.
1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia iii. 132 Now and then a kisse Would interpose, like a parenthesis Betweene their semicircled armes, enclos'd.
1834 B. Disraeli Revolutionary Epick i. i. 1 Rank above rank in semicircled grace.
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