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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
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
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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