Definition of Lunette
1. Noun. Temporary fortification like a detached bastion.
2. Noun. Oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault.
Definition of Lunette
1. n. A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion.
Definition of Lunette
1. a crescent-shaped object [n -S]
Medical Definition of Lunette
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1. A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion.
2. A half horseshoe, which wants the sponge.
3. A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles.
4. A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.
5. Any surface of semicircular or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line.
6. An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage. Lunette window, a window which fills or partly fills a lunette.
Origin: F, dim. Of lune moon, L.luna. See Lune a crescent.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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