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.

Origin of half-round

1
First recorded in 1655–65

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