lunette

noun

1. 1

   A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape.

2. 2

   A crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door.

3. 3

   An image or other representation of a crescent moon.

4. 4

   (fortifications) A field work consisting of two projecting faces forming a wedge each of which extends from one of two parallel flanks.

5. 5

   A luna: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance.

6. 6

   A type of flattened glass used in watch-making.

7. 7

   The circular hole in the guillotine in which the victim's neck is placed.

8. 8

   A type of crescent-shaped dune blown up along a lake basin, especially in dry areas of Australia.

9. 9

   A half horseshoe, lacking the sponge.

10. 10

    A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.

11. 11

    An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.

12. 12

    (in the plural) See lunettes.