Welcome to Cheraw! Come experience one of South Carolina's oldest and most picturesque inland towns. Named for the Cheraw Indians, whose main town was nearby, Cheraw began as a small trading post at the head of navigation on the Great Pee Dee River. Joseph and Eli Kershaw were granted a part of what is now Cheraw in 1768, and shortly thereafter laid out the present wide streets and town green.
Definition of 'crescent'. crescent (kresÉnt , krez-) A crescent is a curved shape that is wider in the middle than at its ends, like the shape of the moon during its first and last quarters. It is the most important symbol of the Islamic faith. A glittering Islamic crescent tops the mosque. ...a narrow crescent of sand dunes. ...a crescent moon.
1. (Astronomy) the moon at first or last quarter when half its face is illuminated. 2. (Astronomy) the time at which a half-moon occurs. 3. a. something shaped like a half-moon. b. (as modifier): half-moon spectacles.