lunette

lu·nette

a crescent-shaped figure or object
a crescent-shaped opening in a vaulted roof to admit light
a semicircular space, often containing a windowpane or a mural, above a door or window
Mil. a projecting fieldwork consisting of two faces and two flanks

Origin of lunette

Fr, diminutive of lune, the moon: see lune

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lunette

noun

Architecture
a. A small, circular or crescent-shaped opening in a vaulted roof.
b. A crescent-shaped or semicircular space, usually over a door or window, that may contain another window, a sculpture, or a mural.
A fortification that has two projecting faces and two parallel flanks.
A broad, low-lying, typically crescent-shaped mound of sandy or loamy matter that is formed by the wind, especially along the windward side of a lake basin.

Origin of lunette

French from Old French lunete moon-shaped object diminutive of lune moon from Latin lūna ; see lune .

lunette

fresco by Girolamo Romanino (1484?-1560?) in a lunette in the loggia of the Magno Palazzo of the Castello del Buonconsiglio

Trent, Italy

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Noun

(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.]
(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.]
(in the plural) See lunettes.

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Borrowing from French lunette, diminutive of lune (“moon").

See also: lunettes

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