Associations to the word «Demilune»
Wiktionary
DEMILUNE, adjective. (of furniture) In the shape of a half-moon, i.e. semicircular.
DEMILUNE, 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.
DEMILUNE, noun. (biology) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.
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