Thesaurus: lunette

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1. n. A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion.
2. n. A half horseshoe, which wants the sponge.
3. n. A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles.
4. n. A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.
5. n. Any surface of semicircular or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line.
6. n. An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.
7. n. temporary fortification like a detached bastion
8. n. oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault
9. 1. (Fort.) A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion. 2. (Far.) A half horseshoe, which wants 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. (Arch.) 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. Lunette window (Arch.), a window which fills or partly fills a lunette.
10. A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle,and two parallel flanks. See Bastion.
11. n:100 n. temporary fortification like a detached bastion n. oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault