demilune

Example Sentences

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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

They cross the ditch; they mount behind the demilune.

From The Invasion of France in 1814 by Chatrian, Alexandre

The centre of the demilune is occupied by a company of the Tubeweaver Legion.

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

Their main hope now was in a fortification which they had been constructing inside the Brussels gate —a demilune of considerable strength.

From The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 30: 1579-80 by Motley, John Lothrop