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noun
A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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noun
A crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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noun
An image or other representation of a crescent moon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A field work consisting of two projecting faces forming a wedge each of which extends from one of two parallel flanks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fortifications, government, military, politics, war
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noun
A luna: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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noun
A type of flattened glass used in watch-making.
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noun
The circular hole in the guillotine in which the victim's neck is placed.
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noun
A type of crescent-shaped dune blown up along a lake basin, especially in dry areas of Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
A half horseshoe, lacking the sponge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: farriery, hobbies, horses, lifestyle, pets, sports
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noun
A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.
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An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.
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noun
See lunettes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
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noun
oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fenestella
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Broader terms: opening
noun
temporary fortification like a detached bastion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fortification, munition
History
Unadapted borrowing from French lunette, diminutive of lune (“moon”).
Across languages
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