Definitions for: Cirque

[n] a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake

Webster (1913) Definition: Cirque, n. [F., fr. L. circus.]
1. A circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of
objects.

A dismal cirque Of Druid stones upon a forlorn moor.
--Keats.

2. A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain,
walled around by precipices of great height.

Synonyms: corrie, cwm

See Also: basin