lunette

/luːˈnɛt/noun
High School
1

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

2

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

3

An image or other representation of a crescent moon.

4

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

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

A type of flattened glass used in watch-making.

7

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

8

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

9

A half horseshoe, lacking the sponge.

10

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

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