cirque

2 definitions found

cirque - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cirque \Cirque\, n. [F., fr. L. circus.]
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     1. A circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of
        objects.
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              A dismal cirque
              Of Druid stones upon a forlorn moor.  --Keats.
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     2. A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain,
        walled around by precipices of great height.
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cirque - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cirque
      n 1: a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may
           contain a lake [syn: cirque, corrie, cwm]