lunette.
A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape.
Meaning & usage
A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape.
A crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door.
An image or other representation of a crescent moon.
A field work consisting of two projecting faces forming a wedge each of which extends from one of two parallel flanks.
A luna: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance.
A type of flattened glass used in watch-making.
The circular hole in the guillotine in which the victim's neck is placed.
A type of crescent-shaped dune blown up along a lake basin, especially in dry areas of Australia.
A half horseshoe, lacking the sponge.
A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.
An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.
See lunettes.
Where this word comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French lunette, diminutive of lune (“moon”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.