Lunette (disambiguation)

A lunette is a moon-shaped architectural detail.

Lunette may also refer to:

  • Lunette (fortification), an outwork consisting of a salient angle with two flanks and an open gorge
  • Lunette (Gargoyles), a fictional character in the animated television series "Gargoyles"
  • Lunette (geology), a wind-formed crescent dune shape
  • Lunette (stele), the curved top region of a stele (pillar-shaped monument), especially from ancient Egypt
  • Lunette Peak, a mountain on the border of the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia
  • Lunette (container), a small enclosure for the Eucharistic host in the Roman Catholic and Anglo-Catholic churches
  • Musée des Lunettes et Lorgnettes Pierre Marly, a museum of eyeglasses in Paris

See also

  • Lunula (disambiguation)
  • Lune (disambiguation)


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