semicirque

noun

semicirque

noun

Etymology From semi- + cirque.

1

A semicircular hollow or opening among trees or hills.

Upon a semicirque of turf-clad ground, / The hidden nook discovered to our view / A mass of rock […]1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, Book Three:

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