单词 | semi-lune |
释义 | semi-lunen. A semilunar or crescent-shaped form, structure, etc.; Fortification. = demilune n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [noun] > crescent lunary1610 sickle1657 crescent1672 lune1709 demilunea1734 lunette1774 semi-lune1862 society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > outwork > demilune half-moon1642 demilune1728 semi-lune1862 1862 G. Rawlinson Five Great Monarchies: Assyria iv Between this outer barrier and the City moat were interposed a species of semilune. 1878 L. Holden Human Osteol. (ed. 5) 162 The ‘semilunar’ bone may be told by its two ‘semilunes’ below. 1880 V. Harris & Power Man. Physiol. Lab. 46 Granular semilunar bodies, the semilunes of Heidenhain. 1905 Daily Chron. 18 Oct. 4/4 The vast semi-lune along the Strand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1862 |
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