mamelon

British  

/ ˈmæmələn /

noun

1. a small rounded hillock

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Etymology

Origin of mamelon

C19: from French: nipple

Example Sentences

This was none other than the mamelon mentioned as above the outpost, which had been captured over their fire by the volunteer storming party in the night.

From Anabasis by Dakyns, Henry Graham

In their daring impetuosity the dragoons went as far as our rear-guard, where they were stopped by new forces, and finally brought back with great loss to the foot of the mamelon.

From World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France by Guizot, M. (François)

The houses—many of which have late Gothic doorways—are clustered about the sides of an isolated hill or mamelon in the valley of the Lot, beyond which rise the high cliffs covered with dark woods.

From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Barker, Edward Harrison

After this achievement the barbarians came to a crest facing the mamelon, and Xenophon held a colloquy with them by means of an interpreter, to negotiate a truce, and demanded back the dead bodies.

From Anabasis by Dakyns, Henry Graham

Signs of tent foundations and of buildings appear in impossible places; and the heights bear two Burj or "watchtowers," one visible afar, and dominating from its mamelon the whole land.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir