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Definition of Demilune
1. n. A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin.
Definition of Demilune
1. Adjective. (context: of furniture) In the shape of a half-moon, i.e. semicircular. ¹
2. Noun. A fortification constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. ¹
3. Noun. (biology) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Demilune
1. a half-moon [n -S]
Medical Definition of Demilune
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1. A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Demilune
Literary usage of Demilune
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Official Report to the United States Engineer Department, of the Siege and by Quincey Adams Gillmore (1862)
"The gorge is covered by an earthen outwork (demilune) of bold relief. 8. The main
work and demilune are both surrounded and divided by a wet ditch. ..."
2. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"Traverses, places of arms if he should gain possession of a, a, are placed at
intervals to protect the troops the demilune. The demilune redoubt J is for in ..."
3. A Dictionary of Military Terms by Edward Samuel Farrow (1918)
"demilune.—In fortification, a work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress,
... demilune Cut.—A cut isolating the part of the demilune near the ..."
4. Historical Sketch of the Chatham Artillery During the Confederate Struggle by Charles Colcock Jones (1867)
"Around the main work the ditch is forty-eight feet wide ; around the demilune,
thirty-two feet. The communication with the exterior is through the gorge ..."
5. The Journal of Physiology by Physiological Society (Great Britain). (1889)
"They are more distinct in the demilune and duct cells than in the mucous cells.
... demilune cells isolated in salt solution are more or less distinctly ..."
6. The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History by John Lothrop Motley by John Lothrop Motley (1901)
"Their main hope now was in a fortification which they had been constructing inside
the Brussels gate—a demilune of considerable strength. ..."
7. Atlas and epitome of human histology and microscopic anatomy by Johannes Sobotta (1903)
"Such a demilune in the submaxillary is often formed by a single cell. The duct
system of the submaxillary is very similar to that of the parotid; ..."
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