LUNETTE


Meaning of LUNETTE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ lü-ˈnet ]

noun

Etymology: French, from Old French lunete small object shaped like the moon, from lune moon

Date: circa 1639

1. : something that has the shape of a crescent or half-moon: as

a. : an opening in a vault especially for a window

b. : the surface at the upper part of a wall that is partly surrounded by a vault which the wall intersects and that is often filled by windows or by mural painting

c. : a low crescentic mound (as of sand) formed by the wind

2. : the figure or shape of a crescent moon

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.