Lunette

Lunette

A lunette is a crescent- or half-moon–shaped or semicircular architectural space or feature, variously filled with sculpture, painted, glazed, filled with recessed masonry, or void. A lunette may also be segmental, and the arch may be an arc taken from an ellipse. A lunette window is commonly called a half-moon window, or a fanlight if its muntins diverge radially.

Lunette (liturgy)

A lunette, also referred to as a luna or lunula, is an liturgical item used by in the Catholic Church for the exposition of the Host.

lunette

Noun

1. A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. A crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door. a lunette in the Thomas Jefferson building of the US Library of Congress