Definitions for lunette
luˈnɛtlunette

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lunettenoun

   temporary fortification like a detached bastion

2. lunette, fenestellanoun

   oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lunettenoun

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

2. lunettenoun

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

3. lunettenoun

   An image or other representation of a crescent moon.

4. lunettenoun

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

5. lunettenoun

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

6. lunettenoun

   A type of flattened glass used in watch-making.

7. lunettenoun

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

8. lunettenoun

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

9. lunettenoun

   See lunettes.

10. Etymology: From lunette, diminutive of lune.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LUNETTEnoun

   A small half moon.

   Etymology: French.

   Lunette is a covered place made before the courtine, which consists of two faces that form an angle inwards, and is commonly raised in fosses full of water, to serve instead of a fausse braye, and to dispute the enemy’s passage: it is six toises in extent, of which the parapet is four. Antoine Furetière.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lunette

   A lunette (French lunette, "little moon") is a half-moon shaped architectural space, variously filled with sculpture, painted, glazed, filled with recessed masonry, or void. A lunette may also be segmental, and the arch may be an arc taken from an oval. A lunette window is commonly called a half-moon window, or fanlight when bars separating its panes fan out radially. If a door is set within a round-headed arch, the space within the arch above the door, masonry or glass, is a lunette. If the door is a major access, and the lunette above is massive and deeply set, it may be called a tympanum. A lunette is also formed when a horizontal cornice transects a round-headed arch at the level of the imposts, where the arch springs. If the top of the lunette itself is bordered by a hood mould it can also be considered a pediment. The term is also employed to describe the section of interior wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line. A system of intersecting vaults produces lunettes on the wall surfaces above a cornice. The lunettes in the structure of the Sistine Chapel ceiling inspired Michelangelo to come up with inventive compositions for the spaces. In the Neoclassical architecture of Robert Adam and his French contemporaries like Ange-Jacques Gabriel, a favorite scheme set a series of windows within shallow blind arches. The lunettes above lent themselves to radiating motifs: a sunburst of bellflower husks, radiating fluting, a low vase of flowers, etc. Flemish painter Giusto Utens rendered a series of Medicean villas in lunette form for the third grand duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando I, in 1599–1602:

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lunette

   A lunette is a small, crescent-shaped architectural feature or design element found in windows, doors, or within an arch. The term also refers to a pair of eyeglasses or binoculars with a short nose-bridge. In archaeology or geology, it is a type of geological formation or rock structure.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lunettenoun

   a fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion

2. Lunettenoun

   a half horseshoe, which wants the sponge

3. Lunettenoun

   a kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles

4. Lunettenoun

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

5. Lunettenoun

   any surface of semicircular or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line

6. Lunettenoun

   an iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage

7. Etymology: [F., dim. of lune moon, L. luna. See Lune a crescent.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lunette

   In architecture, a lunette is a half-moon shaped space, either filled with recessed masonry or void. A lunette is formed when a horizontal cornice transects a round-headed arch at the level of the imposts, where the arch springs. If a door is set within a round-headed arch, the space within the arch above the door, masonry or glass, is a lunette. If the door is a major access, and the lunette above is massive and deeply set, it may be called a tympanum. The term is usefully employed to describe the section of interior wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line. A system of intersecting vaults produces lunettes on the wall surfaces above a cornice. The lunettes in the structure of the Sistine Chapel inspired Michelangelo to come up with inventive compositions for the spaces. In neoclassical architecture of Robert Adam and his French contemporaries, like Ange-Jacques Gabriel, a favorite scheme set a series of windows within shallow blind arches. The lunettes above lent themselves to radiating motifs: a sunburst of bellflower husks, radiating fluting, a low vase of flowers, etc. A lunette may also be segmental, and the arch may be an arc taken from an oval. The spaces are still lunettes.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lunette

   In fortification, a work composed of two faces meeting in a salient angle, from the inner extremities of which two short flanks run towards the rear, leaving an open gorge; it is generally applied only in connection with other works. Prize-masters will recollect that lunette is also the French name for a spy-glass or telescope.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lunette

   A field-work consisting of two faces forming a salient angle, or one projecting towards the enemy, and two flanks parallel, or nearly so, to the capital or imaginary line bisecting the salient angle. In shape it is like the gable end of a house. It is intended for the defense of avenues, farm-houses, bridges, and the curtains of field-works.

2. lunette

   An iron ring at the end of the trail of a field-piece, which is placed over the pintle-hook of the limber in limbering up the gun. The term is also applied to the hole through an iron plate on the under side of the stock of a siege-piece, into which the pintle of the limber passes when the piece is limbered.

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How to pronounce lunette?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lunette in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lunette in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lunette
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lunette
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=lunette
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunette
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunette
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=lunette
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=lunette
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html