lune
1anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
a crescent-shaped figure bounded by two arcs of circles, either on a plane or a spherical surface.
Origin of lune
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Other definitions for lune (2 of 2)
a line for securing a hawk.
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How to use lune in a sentence
Very little of that unctuous spasmodic shouting, which used to characterise Wesleyanism, is heard in lune-street Chapel.
Our Churches and Chapels | AtticusA great work in the business of spreading Wesleyan Methodism has been done by the people and parsons of lune-street chapel.
Our Churches and Chapels | AtticusAbout a mile below Middleton the river lune ripples sunnily down into the Tees.
The word lune was anciently written Lone, and the hundred is still named Lonsdale.
Traditions, Superstitions and Folk-lore | Charles HardwickApud quosdam debet omni die lune per anni spatium operari domino suo, et tribus diebus unaquaque septimana in Augusto.
The English Village Community | Frederic Seebohm
British Dictionary definitions for lune (1 of 2)
/ (luːn) /
a section of the surface of a sphere enclosed between two semicircles that intersect at opposite points on the sphere
a crescent-shaped figure formed on a plane surface by the intersection of the arcs of two circles
something shaped like a crescent
RC Church another word for lunette (def. 6)
Origin of lune
1British Dictionary definitions for lune (2 of 2)
/ (luːn) /
falconry a leash for hawks or falcons
Origin of lune
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