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lunette

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lu·nette  (l-nt)
n.
1. Architecture
a. A small, circular or crescent-shaped opening in a vaulted roof.
b. A crescent-shaped or semicircular space, usually over a door or window, that may contain another window, a sculpture, or a mural.
2. A fortification that has two projecting faces and two parallel flanks.
3. A broad, low-lying, typically crescent-shaped mound of sandy or loamy matter that is formed by the wind, especially along the windward side of a lake basin.
[French, from Old French lunete, moon-shaped object, diminutive of lune, moon, from Latin lna; see lune.]
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Noun1.lunette - temporary fortification like a detached bastion
fortification, munition - defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
2.lunette - oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault
fenestella
opening - a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door"
vault - an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof


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You who have built that lunette with its retiring angles and its salient angles?
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Lucy, apparently absorbed in a lunette, could hear the lecture again interrupted, the anxious, aggressive voice of the old man, the curt, injured replies of his opponent.
A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context
Hence the mere chance of seeing Will occasionally was like a lunette opened in the wall of her prison, giving her a glimpse of the sunny air; and this pleasure began to nullify her original alarm at what her husband might think about the introduction of Will as her uncle's guest.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
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