LUNETTE

lunette, fenestella

(noun) oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault

lunette

(noun) temporary fortification like a detached bastion

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

lunette (plural lunettes)

(architecture) A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape. [from 17th c.]

(architecture) A crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door. [from 18th c.]

(obsolete) An image or other representation of a crescent moon. [18th-19th c.]

(fortifications) A field work consisting of two projecting faces forming a wedge each of which extends from one of two parallel flanks. [from 18th c.]

(Christianity) A luna: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance. [from 19th c.]

A type of flattened glass used in watch-making. [from 19th c.]

The circular hole in the guillotine in which the victim's neck is placed. [from 19th c.]

(geology) A type of crescent-shaped dune blown up along a lake basin, especially in dry areas of Australia. [from 20th c.]

(farriery) A half horseshoe, lacking the sponge.

A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.

An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.

(in the plural) See lunettes.

Anagrams

• tunelet

Source: Wiktionary

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Lu*nette", n. Etym: [F., dim. of lune moon, L.luna. See Lune a crescent.]

1. (Fort.)

Definition: A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion.

2. (Far.)

Definition: A half horseshoe, which wants the sponge.

3. A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles.

4. A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.

5. (Arch.)

Definition: Any surface of semicircular or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line.

6. An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage. Lunette window (Arch.), a window which fills or partly fills a lunette.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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