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LUNETTE (French diminutive of lune, moon)

LUNETTE (See also:
FRENCH
FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)
French diminutive of lune, See also:
MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)
moon) , a See also:

CRESCENT (Lat. crescens, growing)

crescent-shaped, semi-circular See also:

OBJECT

object. The See also:

TERM

term is particularly applied in See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture to a circular opening at the intersection of vaulting by a smaller vault, as in a See also:

CEILING (from a verb " to ceil," i.e. to line or cover; of disputed etymology, but apparently connected with Fr. ciel, Lat. caelum, sky)

ceiling for the entrance of See also:

LIGHT

light or in the See also:

LOWER

lower stories of towers for the passage of bells. It is also used of a See also:

PANEL (O. Fr. panel, mod. panneau, piece of cloth, from Med. Lat. pannellus, diminutive of pannus, cloth)

panel space of semi-circular shape, filled by a See also:

FRESCO (Ital. for cool, " fresh ")

fresco or other decorative treatment. In fortification a " lunette " was originally an earthwork of See also:

HALF

half-moon shape; later it became a See also:

REDAN

redan with See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short flanks, in trace somewhat resembling a See also:

BASTION (through the Fr. from late Lat. bastire, to build)

bastion See also:

STANDING

standing by itself without curtains on either See also:

side. The See also:

GORGE

gorge was generally open.

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