demilune (English, noun)
expansion: demilune (plural demilunes)
Senses:
topics: architecture
government
military
politics
war
glosses: 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.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.
Forms:
form: demilunes
tags: plural
form: demi-lune
tags: alternative
form: demi lune
tags: alternative