half-round

[ haf-round, hahf- ]

adjective

1. semicircular in cross section, as a molding or piece of type.

noun

1. anything that is semicircular in cross section.
2. Printing. a curved stereotype plate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of half-round¹

First recorded in 1655–65

Example Sentences

The drawer sides have a half-round edge on the bottom edge to run in the groove in the guide.

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They began to plunge, turning half round, while one pressed against the other, in an effort to escape the savage buffeting.

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This consists in turning either wholly or half round on the hind legs with great rapidity and when at full gallop.

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Your Hands being thus prepar'd, you will turn three quarters round in the same manner as you did half round.

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Had it not been for my deafness, I would have travelled half round the globe ere now, and this I must still do.

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