n. A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Crescent.
n. A crescent.
n. In armor, the gusset of plate when crescent-shaped: a form which was adopted in the early part of the fifteenth century, especially for the defense of the armpit.
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n. very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll
Word Usage
"As the croissant is to France and as the doughnut is to America, the butter tart is to English Canada."