lunette

Definitions


[luːˈnɛt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an arched aperture or window, especially one in a domed ceiling

- a fortification with two faces forming a projecting angle, and two flanks

- a holder for the consecrated host in a monstrance

- a broad, shallow, typically crescent-shaped mound of wind-blown material along the leeward side of a lake or dry lake basin

- a ring fixed to a vehicle, by which it can be towed


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Origin:
late 16th century (denoting a semicircular horseshoe): from French, diminutive of lune ‘moon’, from Latin luna




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