Cirque

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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