LUNETTE


Meaning of LUNETTE in English

/looh net"/ , n.

1. any of various objects or spaces of crescentlike or semicircular outline or section.

2. Archit. (in the plane of a wall) an area enframed by an arch or vault.

3. a painting, sculpture, or window filling such an area.

4. Fort. a work consisting of a salient angle with two flanks and an open gorge.

5. Ordn. a towing ring in the trail plate of a towed vehicle, as a gun carriage.

6. Eccles. Luna (def. 3).

[ 1570-80; lune moon luna; see -ETTE ]

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