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lu⋅nette
[loo-net] 
–noun
| 1. | any of various objects or spaces of crescentlike or semicircular outline or section. |
| 2. | Architecture. (in the plane of a wall) an area enframed by an arch or vault. |
| 3. | a painting, sculpture, or window filling such an area. |
| 4. | Fortification. a work consisting of a salient angle with two flanks and an open gorge. |
| 5. | Ordnance. a towing ring in the trail plate of a towed vehicle, as a gun carriage. |
| 6. | Ecclesiastical. Luna (def. 3). |
Lu⋅na
[loo-nuh] –noun
| 1. | the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana. |
| 2. | (in alchemy) silver. |
| 3. | (lowercase ) Also, lunette. Ecclesiastical. the crescent-shaped receptacle within the monstrance, for holding the consecrated Host in an upright position. |
Origin:
< L lūna the moon
< L lūna the moon
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| lu·nette (lōō-nět') n.
[French, from Old French lunete, moon-shaped object, diminutive of lune, moon, from Latin lūna; see lune.] |
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Lunette
Lu*nette"\, n. [F., dim. of lune moon, L. luna. See Lune a crescent.]1. (Fort.) A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion. 2. (Far.) 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.) 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.
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lunette
1580, from M.Fr., lit. "little moon," dim. of lune "moon," from L. luna. Originally a type of horse shoe, later applied to a wide range of objects and ornamentations resembling a crescent moon.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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lunette
arching aperture in a wall or concave ceiling. It may be crescent-shaped or semicircular. The word is the French diminutive of lune, "moon." Lunettes may function as windows, they may form a cove for ornament or statuary, or they may be simply a section of wall framed by an arch or vault. In the last case, the area will sometimes be decorated with a mural.
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