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lunette
[ loo-net ]
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 ).
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 calledlune RC Church a case fitted with a bracket to hold the consecrated host
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lunette1
C16: from French: crescent, from lune moon, from Latin lūna
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Example Sentences
Garland's brigade, advancing between the citadel and the first lunette, reached the city with heavy loss.
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An attempt Assault of Monterey on the second lunette failed with heavy loss to the Americans.
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The situation of the chapel prompted us to look over the ground for traces of a lunette bastion on the counterscarp.
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The fresco in the lunette is by Michele di Ridolfo Ghirlandaio.
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These soon silenced its guns, and the lunette was abandoned by the garrison.
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