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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
lu·nette 
[loo-net] Pronunciation Key
[loo-net] Pronunciation Key –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). |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| lu·nette
(lōō-nět') Pronunciation Key
n.
[French, from Old French lunete, moon-shaped object, diminutive of lune, moon, from Latin lūna; see lune.] |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
lunette
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 | |
noun | |
| 1. | temporary fortification like a detached bastion |
| 2. | oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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