half-oval

adjective

1. having the general form, shape, or outline of an egg; egg-shaped.
2. ellipsoidal or elliptical.

noun

3. an object of oval shape.
4. a body or plane figure that is oval in shape or outline.
5. an elliptical field or a field on which an elliptical track is laid out, as for athletic contests.
6. Informal. a football.

adjective

1. having the shape of an ellipse or ellipsoid

noun

2. anything that is oval in shape, such as a sports ground

noun

1. the Oval a cricket ground in south London, in the borough of Lambeth

adj.

1570s, from Modern Latin ovalis “egg-shaped” (source of French oval, 1540s), literally “of or pertaining to an egg,” from Latin ovum “egg” (see ovary). The classical Latin word was ovatus.

n.

1560s, from Middle French ovalle “oval figure,” from Medieval Latin ovalis (see oval (adj.)).