moonsickle

== English == === Etymology === From moon +‎ sickle. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈmuːnˌsɪkl̩/ Hyphenation: moon‧sick‧le === Noun === moonsickle (plural moonsickles) (poetic) A thin crescent of the moon. 1947, Mari Sandoz, “Skyuglers”, in The Tom-Walker: A New Novel, New York, N.Y.: Dial Press, →OCLC; reprinted as The Tom-Walker: A Novel (Bison Book), Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, August 1984, →ISBN, page 17: Long after dark, when the moonsickle was near setting, two wagons full of old acquaintances from around the little water-front drug store, a few workers at the warehouses and some vets of old Company G like Clyde Winston gathered to charivari the new couple before the wedding tour up to Niagara Falls that the newspaper told about. ==== Alternative forms ==== moon sickle moon-sickle ==== Synonyms ==== crescent moon sickle moon ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === sickle moon