mamelon

/ ˈmæmələn /

noun

1. a small rounded hillock

Word History and Origins

Origin of mamelon¹

C19: from French: nipple

Example Sentences

During 1855 Bosquet’s corps occupied the right wing of the besieging armies opposite the Mamelon and Malakov.

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They then, with the aid of the Turks, captured a fort of great strength, and now for some time in existence, known as the Mamelon, while the English stormed and took others known as the “quarries”.

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Beyond the left wing a new line, the “White Works,” sprang up in a single night, and the hill of the Mamelon was suddenly crowned with a lunette to cover the still defiant Malakoff.

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The besiegers steadily approached the White Works, Mamelon, Redan and Flagstaff bastion, and as spring arrived the logistic and material advantages of the allies returned.

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The White Works and the Mamelon were practically destroyed, and the Russians, drawn up in momentary expectation of assault, lost between six and seven thousand men.

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