Lunette (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. any of various objects or spaces of crescentlike or semicircular outline or section.
  2. (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. a work consisting of a salient angle with two flanks and an open gorge.
  5. a towing ring in the trail plate of a towed vehicle, as a gun carriage.
  6. Luna (def. 3).
noun
  1. anything that is shaped like a crescent
  2. an oval or circular opening to admit light in a dome
  3. a semicircular panel containing a window, mural, or sculpture
  4. a ring attached to a vehicle, into which a hook is inserted so that it can be towed
  5. a type of fortification like a detached bastion
  6. a case fitted with a bracket to hold the consecrated host
Lunette (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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