crescent-shaped adjective1 •Having the shape of a crescent, with inner and outer curves of different radii.[...] it settles the vexed question as to whether Stroudley or R. J. Billinton first introduced crescent-shaped balanceweights into the driving and coupled wheels of L.B. & S.C. locomotives. — 1940 formsmore crescent-shaped · most crescent-shaped