[ noun ] a plane figure with the shape of half a circle <noun.shape>
Semicircle \Sem"i*cir`cle\, n. 1. (a) The half of a circle; the part of a circle bounded by its diameter and half of its circumference. (b) A semicircumference.
2. A body in the form of half of a circle, or half of a circumference.
3. An instrument for measuring angles.
"That semicircle relates to being very proud of his masculinity, the macho aspect, forcefulness, and being very sensitive to appearing weak in front of other people," she said.
A mahout holds the elephant's tail in a semicircle, providing a toehold for the player to scramble atop the beast's back, hoisting himself up with ropes.
Half a dozen tanks stand on the treeless, snow-covered terrain to the right of the soldiers, arranged in a rough semicircle with cannons pointed north.
Two soldiers stepped out of the semicircle and gave chase.
A single bulb illuminates a semicircle of mattresses that are beds by night and sofas by day.