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What is a lunette?

What is a lunette? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (architecture) A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape. [from 17th c.]
  2. (architecture) A crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door. [from 18th c.]
  3. (obsolete) An image or other representation of a crescent moon. [18th-19th c.]
  4. (fortifications) A field work consisting of two projecting faces forming a wedge each of which extends from one of two parallel flanks. [from 18th c.]
  5. (Christianity) A luna: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance. [from 19th c.]
  6. A type of flattened glass used in watch-making. [from 19th c.]
  7. The circular hole in the guillotine in which the victim's neck is placed. [from 19th c.]
  8. (geology) A type of crescent-shaped dune blown up along a lake basin, especially in dry areas of Australia. [from 20th c.]
  9. (farriery) A half horseshoe, lacking the sponge.
  10. A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.
  11. An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.
  12. (plural) See lunettes.
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