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Definition of Mezzaluna
1. Noun. A crescent-shaped steel blade attached to a wooden handle; used to chop food. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mezzaluna
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mezzaluna
Literary usage of Mezzaluna
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571). by Kenneth M. Setton (1984)
"... gì' inimici la mezzaluna [ie, the 'demilune' or shield-wall of the Arsenal]," see ..."
2. An Italian and English Dictionary with Pronunciation and Brief Etymologies by August Hjalmar Edgren, Giuseppe Bico, John Lawrence Gerig (1901)
"mezzaluna,/. de-mise i, s.: trapasso, m., morte, /. -misez, TR.: lasciare in
testamento, legare; affittare. -misst, ADJ.: umile. mission, s. ..."
3. Papers of the British School at Rome by British School at Rome (1906)
"3975 was copied by him in the Quarto della mezzaluna, which I cannot locate.
Excavations were also made in 1864 by Bondi and Ferri, a building being found ..."
4. Papers of the British School at Rome by British School at Rome (1906)
"3975 was copied by him in the Quarto della mezzaluna, which I cannot locate.
Excavations were also made in 1864 by Bondi and Ferri, a building being found ..."
5. Studies of the Northern Campus Martius in Ancient Rome by Robert E. A. Palmer (1990)
"Star. FU., ser. 8, vol. 1 (1948) pp. 144; and Lugli, Fontes etc. (above, n.
41) pp. 396-398. Contra. K. La Rocca, La riva a mezzaluna (Rome 1984) p. 96, n. ..."
6. Italy from 1494 to 1790 by Katharine Dorothea Ewart Vernon (1909)
"The fighting round the city was very fierce; on August 29th the French were
actually entering a defence work, called the " mezzaluna" of Porta Susa, ..."
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