| a low wall forming a base for a construction, as a colonnade or dome; the masonry supporting a classical temple |
| the part of a classical entablature between the architrave and the cornice, usually decorated with sculpture in low relief |
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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