crescent

1. the biconcave shape of the moon in its first or last quarters

2. Chiefly Brit a crescent-shaped street, often lined with houses of the same style

a. the emblem of Islam or Turkey

b. Islamic or Turkish power

Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Crescent

Shape similar to the visible part of the moon in its first or last quarter; also the shape of a row of townhouse fronts constructed in the approximate shape of a circular or elliptical arc.

crescent

A building or series of buildings whose façades follow a concave arc of a circle or ellipse in plan.

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Henry Edwin Bowkett Son of the Late Henry and Matilda Bowkett, of 61 Wyndham Crescent.

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