lunette

[ loo-net ]

/ luˈnɛt /

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noun

any of various objects or spaces of crescentlike or semicircular outline or section.

Architecture. (in the plane of a wall) an area enframed by an arch or vault.

a painting, sculpture, or window filling such an area.

Fortification. a work consisting of a salient angle with two flanks and an open gorge.

Ordnance. a towing ring in the trail plate of a towed vehicle, as a gun carriage.

Ecclesiastical. Luna (def. 3).

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Origin of lunette

1570–80; <French, diminutive of lune moon <Latin lūna;see -ette

Words nearby lunette

Lundy's Lane, lune, Lüneburg, Lünen, lunes, lunette, Lunéville, lung, lungan, lung book, lunge

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How to use lunette in a sentence

Garland's brigade, advancing between the citadel and the first lunette, reached the city with heavy loss.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson
An attempt Assault of Monterey on the second lunette failed with heavy loss to the Americans.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson
The situation of the chapel prompted us to look over the ground for traces of a lunette bastion on the counterscarp.
Riviera Towns|Herbert Adams Gibbons
The fresco in the lunette is by Michele di Ridolfo Ghirlandaio.
The Story of Florence|Edmund G. Gardner

These soon silenced its guns, and the lunette was abandoned by the garrison.
The Franco-German War of 1870-71|Count Helmuth, von Moltke

British Dictionary definitions for lunette

lunette

/ (luːˈnɛt) /

noun

anything that is shaped like a crescent

an oval or circular opening to admit light in a dome

a semicircular panel containing a window, mural, or sculpture

a ring attached to a vehicle, into which a hook is inserted so that it can be towed

a type of fortification like a detached bastion

Also called: lune RC Church a case fitted with a bracket to hold the consecrated host

Word Origin for lunette

C16: from French: crescent, from lune moon, from Latin lūna

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