Associations to the word «Lunette»

LUNETTE, noun. (architecture) A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape. [from 17th c.]

LUNETTE, noun. (architecture) A crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door. [from 18th c.]

LUNETTE, noun. (obsolete) An image or other representation of a crescent moon. [18th-19th c.]

LUNETTE, noun. (fortifications) A field work consisting of two projecting faces forming a wedge each of which extends from one of two parallel flanks. [from 18th c.]

LUNETTE, noun. (Christianity) A luna: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance. [from 19th c.]

LUNETTE, noun. A type of flattened glass used in watch-making. [from 19th c.]

LUNETTE, noun. The circular hole in the guillotine in which the victim's neck is placed. [from 19th c.]

LUNETTE, noun. (geology) A type of crescent-shaped dune blown up along a lake basin, especially in dry areas of Australia. [from 20th c.]

LUNETTE, noun. (farriery) A half horseshoe, lacking the sponge.

LUNETTE, noun. A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.

LUNETTE, noun. An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.

LUNETTE, noun. (in the plural) See lunettes.

LUNETTE, noun. Temporary fortification like a detached bastion.

LUNETTE, noun. Oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault.