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Noun: semi-circular bastion
  1. A type of bastion used in the 16th century; fell out of favour because of the difficulty of concentrating the fire of guns distributed around a curve
    "The old city walls still featured a semi-circular bastion from its early fortifications";
    - half-moon bastion

Derived forms: semi-circular bastions

Type of: bastion