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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. falconry a leash for hawks or falcons
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


lune

2

/ luːn /

noun

    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
  1. something shaped like a crescent
  2. RC Church another word for lunette
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lune1

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

Origin of lune2

C18: from Latin lūna moon
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Example Sentences

Very little of that unctuous spasmodic shouting, which used to characterise Wesleyanism, is heard in Lune-street Chapel.

A great work in the business of spreading Wesleyan Methodism has been done by the people and parsons of Lune-street chapel.

About 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.

Apud quosdam debet omni die Lune per anni spatium operari domino suo, et tribus diebus unaquaque septimana in Augusto.

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