CIRQUES

Noun

cirques

plural of cirque

Source: Wiktionary


CIRQUE

Cirque, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. circus.]

1. A circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of objects. A dismal cirque Of Druid stones upon a forlorn moor. Keats.

2. A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled around by precipices of great height.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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