What is the meaning of Lunette?

  • (n.) An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.
  • (n.) A half horseshoe, which wants the sponge.
  • (n.) A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.
  • (n.) A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion.
  • (n.) A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles.
  • (n.) Any surface of semicircular or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line.
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APAWebster's. (2011). lunette. Retrieved September 27, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/lunette/definitions/2029221
ChicagoWebster's. 2011. "lunette" http://smartdefine.org/lunette/definitions/2029221 (accessed September 27, 2026).
HarvardWebster's 2011, lunette, Smart Define, viewed 27 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/lunette/definitions/2029221>.
MLAWebster's. "lunette" 27 May 2011. Web. 27 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/lunette/definitions/2029221>
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