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lunette |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lunette \Lu*nette"\, n. [F., dim. of lune moon, L. luna. See {Lune} a crescent.] 1. (Fort.) A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See {Bastion}. 2. (Far.) A half horseshoe, which wants the sponge. 3. A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles. 4. A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse. 5. (Arch.) Any surface of semicircular or segmental form especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line 6. An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage. {Lunette window} (Arch.), a window which fills or partly fills a lunette. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lunette n 1: temporary fortification like a detached bastion 2: oval or circular; to allow light into a dome or vault [syn: {fenestella}]
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