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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: temporary fortification like a detached bastion
2: oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault [syn: lunette, fenestella]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from Old French lunete small object shaped like the moon, from lune moon Date: circa 1639 1. something that has the shape of a crescent or half-moon: as a. an opening in a vault especially for a window b. the surface at the upper part of a wall that is partly surrounded by a vault which the wall intersects and that is often filled by windows or by mural painting c. a low crescentic mound (as of sand) formed by the wind 2. the figure or shape of a crescent moon

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 an arched aperture in a domed ceiling to admit light. 2 a crescent-shaped or semicircular space or alcove which contains a painting, statue, etc. 3 a watch-glass of flattened shape. 4 a ring through which a hook is placed to attach a vehicle to the vehicle towing it. 5 a temporary fortification with two faces forming a salient angle, and two flanks. 6 RC Ch. a holder for the consecrated host in a monstrance. Etymology: F, dimin. of lune (see LUNE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lunette 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.