English-Thai Dictionary
lunette
N สิ่ง ที่ เป็น รูป วง พระจันทร์ สิ่ง ที่ เป็น รูป วง พระจันทร์ครึ่งซีก
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LUNETTE
Lu *nette ", n. Etym: [F., dim. of lune moon, L.luna. See Lune a crescent. ]
1. (Fort. )
Defn: A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion.
2. (Far. )
Defn: 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. )
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
lunette
lu nette |lo͞oˈnet luˈnɛt | ▶noun something crescent-shaped, in particular: • an arched aperture or window, esp. one in a domed ceiling. • a crescent-shaped or semicircular alcove containing something such as a painting or statue. • a fortification with two faces forming a projecting angle, and two flanks. • Christian Church a holder for the consecrated host in a monstrance. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (denoting a semicircular horseshoe ): from French, diminutive of lune ‘moon, ’ from Latin luna .
Oxford Dictionary
lunette
lunette |luːˈnɛt | ▶noun 1 an arched aperture or window, especially one in a domed ceiling. • a crescent-shaped or semicircular alcove containing something such as a painting or statue. 2 a fortification with two faces forming a projecting angle, and two flanks. 3 Christian Church a holder for the consecrated host in a monstrance. 4 a broad, shallow, typically crescent-shaped mound of wind-blown material along the leeward side of a lake or dry lake basin. 5 a ring fixed to a vehicle, by which it can be towed. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (denoting a semicircular horseshoe ): from French, diminutive of lune ‘moon ’, from Latin luna .
Duden Dictionary
Lünette
Lü net te Substantiv, feminin , die |Lün e tte |lateinisch-französisch ; »Möndchen «1 Architektur Bogenfeld als Abschluss über Türen oder Fenstern oder als Bekrönung eines Rechtecks 2 veraltet Grundrissform im Festungsbau bei Schanzen und Forts 3 verstellbare Vorrichtung an Drehmaschinen, Setzstock bei der Metallverarbeitung zur Unterstützung langer Werkstücke
French Dictionary
lunette
lunette n. f. nom féminin 1 Instrument d ’optique. : Une lunette astronomique, une lunette d ’approche. 2 au pluriel Paire de verres destinés à corriger la vue. : Elle ne porte pas de lunettes, mais des verres de contact. Une paire de lunettes. 3 automobile Vitre arrière du véhicule automobile. : La lunette (arrière ) de ma voiture dispose d ’un essuie-glace.
lunetterie
lunetterie n. f. Entreprise de conception, de fabrication et de commercialisation de lunettes. : On distingue la lunetterie médicale, qui vise à corriger les problèmes de vision, et la lunetterie industrielle, qui a pour objet la fabrication de lunettes de protection pour les activités professionnelles ou sportives.
The Wordsmith Dictionary