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Definitions for Lunette

[1] any of various objects or spaces of crescentlike or semicircular outline or section.
[2] Architecture . (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] Fortification . a work consisting of a salient angle with two flanks and an open gorge.
[5] Ordnance . a towing ring in the trail plate of a towed vehicle, as a gun carriage.
[6] Ecclesiastical . Luna(def 3) .
[7] anything that is shaped like a crescent
[8] an oval or circular opening to admit light in a dome
[9] a semicircular panel containing a window, mural, or sculpture
[10] a ring attached to a vehicle, into which a hook is inserted so that it can be towed
[11] a type of fortification like a detached bastion
[12] Also called: lune RC Church a case fitted with a bracket to hold the consecrated host

Words related to Lunette

bay, aperture, bow, fenestella, oriel, jalousie, dormer, casement, fenestration, fanlight, fenestra, skylight, porthole, lancet, lucarne, mullioned

Words nearby Lunette

lundy, lundy isle, lundy's lane, lune, lunes, lunette, lung, lung book, lung fluke, lungan, lunge

Origin of Lunette

1570–80; < French, diminutive of lune moon < Latin lūna; see -ette

Word origin for Lunette

C16: from French: crescent, from lune moon, from Latin lūna

Synonyms for Lunette

aperture, bay, bow, casement, dormer, fanlight, fenestella, fenestra, fenestration, jalousie, lancet, oriel, porthole, skylight, bay window, lucarne, lunette window, mullioned, picture window, rose window