lune

¹

[loon]

noun

1. anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.

2. a crescent-shaped figure bounded by two arcs of circles, either on a plane or a spherical surface.

lune

²

[loon]

noun

Falconry.

1. a line for securing a hawk.

lune

¹

/ luːn /

noun

1. 1. a section of the surface of a sphere enclosed between two semicircles that intersect at opposite points on the sphere

   2. a crescent-shaped figure formed on a plane surface by the intersection of the arcs of two circles

2. something shaped like a crescent

3. RC Church another word for lunette

lune

²

/ luːn /

noun

1. falconry a leash for hawks or falcons

Word History and Origins

Origin of lune¹

First recorded in 1695–1705, lune is from the Latin word lūna moon

Origin of lune²

1425–75; late Middle English, variant of loyn < Middle French loigne longe

Word History and Origins

Origin of lune¹

C18: from Latin lūna moon

Origin of lune²

C14 loigne, from Old French, from Medieval Latin longia, longea, from Latin longus _long ¹