Lunette
Lunette , noun
[French, dim. of lune moon, Latin luna. See Lune a crescent.]
1.
(Fortification) A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion.
2.
(Farriery) A half horseshoe, which lacks the sponge.
3.
A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles.
4.
A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.
5.
(Architecture) Any surface of semicircular or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line.
6.
An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.
Collocations (1)
Lunette window (Architecture) , a window which fills or partly fills a lunette.