About The Word Lunette
Learn about the word Lunette to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Lunette definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Lunette
| Lunette Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Lunette?
[n] oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault
[n] temporary fortification like a detached bastion Synonyms | Synonyms for Lunette: fenestella Related Terms | Find terms related to Lunette: See Also | fortification | munition | opening | vault Lunette In Webster's Dictionary \Lu*nette"\, n. [F., dim. of lune moon, L. luna. See
{Lune} a crescent.]
1. (Fort.) A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a
salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See {Bastion}.
2. (Far.) 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. (Arch.) 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} (Arch.), a window which fills or partly
fills a lunette.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Compliant ‐ disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with the parental…
- Hafnium ‐ a gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium…
- Wintertime ‐ the coldest season…
- Execution of instrument ‐ (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract…
- Insight ‐ grasping the inner nature of things intuitively [n] clear or…
- Festoonery ‐ flower chains suspended in loops…
- Intermeshed ‐ caught as if in a mesh; "enmeshed in financial difficulties"…
- Scratch ‐ an indication of damage [n] poor handwriting [n] a harsh noise…
- English hawthorn ‐ thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of…
- Graphical ‐ written or drawn or engraved; "graphic symbols" [adj] relating…