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Definition of: demilune
(dem′ē·l
n′) noun
1. The moon in its first or last quarter.
2. A crescent.
3. A crescent–shaped outwork, having two faces and two small flanks, covering the shoulders and curtain of the bastion. [<F demi half + lune moon]
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