What does "lunette" mean?

Lunette: (Far.) A half horseshoe, which wants the sponge.

Additional senses

  1. 2.A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles.
  2. 3.A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.
  3. 4.(Arch.) Any surface of semicircular or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line.
  4. 5.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.

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