lacunar

American  

[luh-kyoo-ner] / ləˈkyu nər /

noun

plural

lacunars, lacunaria

1. Architecture.

   1. a coffered vault, ceiling, or soffit.

   2. coffer.

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adjective

1. lacunal.

lacunar British  

/ ləˈkjuːnə /

noun

1. Also called: lequear.  a ceiling, soffit, or vault having coffers

2. another name for coffer

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or containing a lacuna or lacunas

Etymology

Origin of lacunar

First recorded in 1690–1700; lacun(a) + -ar ¹

Example Sentences

The researchers did not find any connection between gum disease and two other types of brain changes associated with small vessel disease: cerebral microbleeds and lacunar infarcts.

From Science Daily • Oct. 29, 2025

I would like to emphasize one of the newer features of the pathologic anatomy of glaucoma, one which has received too little attention in this country: the lacunar or cavernous atrophy of the optic nerve.

From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Nance, Willis O.

Fragment of lacunar, from a ceiling, with two panels in low relief.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.

As Prof. Nettleship has pointed out, this seems to indicate that there are two words, laquear from laqueus, meaning chain or network, and lacuar or lacunar from lacus, meaning sunk work.

From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

Circulatory System.—As in the other Arthropoda, the circulatory system in Crustacea is largely lacunar, the blood flowing in spaces or channels without definite walls.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various