semicirque

semicirque

English

Etymology

semi- +‎ cirque

Noun

semicirque (plural semicirques)

1. A semicircular hollow or opening among trees or hills.
   • 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, Book Three

     Upon a semicirque of turf-clad ground, / The hidden nook discovered to our view / A mass of rock […]