| lune | 1. Anything in the shape of a half moon. 2. <geometry> A figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles. 3. A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak. "These dangerous, unsafe lunes i' the king." (Shak) Origin: L. Luna moon: cf. F. Lune. See Luna. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| lunette | 1. A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion. 2. <veterinary> 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. 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, a window which fills or partly fills a lunette. Origin: F, dim. Of lune moon, L.luna. See Lune a crescent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |