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

lune

²

/ 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

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

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

Origin of lune²

C18: from Latin lūna moon

Example Sentences

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

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

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About a mile below Middleton the river Lune ripples sunnily down into the Tees.

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The word Lune was anciently written Lone, and the hundred is still named Lonsdale.

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

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