demilune

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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

The small demilune fort, with its four cannon, that was intended to guard the harbour, was also deserted.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter

At the corner of a sort of demilune we saw the frozen fosse of the city, and the brick ramparts towering above, and opposite us an old, dark gate, with the drawbridge raised.

From The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 by Erckmann-Chatrian

On the other side of that was a small demilune of a garden, which gave the place the title of Crescent, and beyond that a straight row of houses all exactly alike.

From Across the Stream by Benson, Edward Frederic