lunette

Definitions

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

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a half horseshoe, which wants the sponge called?
• What is a kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles called?
• What is a piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse called?
• What is any surface of semicircular or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line called?
• What is 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 called?