lunette
Arched wall opening
A lunette is a crescent or half-moon shape.
In architecture, it's a semicircular window or wall section, often found above doors or in vaulted ceilings: The lunette over the entrance was filled with stained glass.
In fortification, a lunette is an outwork with two projecting faces forming an angle.
The term also applies to crescent-shaped objects in other contexts—a holder for the Eucharist, a ring on a watch case, or a flattened glass used in watchmaking.
Natural planetary satellite
- crescentCurved sickle-like arc
- waxingCoating for shine
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
- phasesDistinct periods in sequence
gibbous · celestial · eclipse · half-moon · semicircle · arc · horned · sickle
Curved spanning structure
- fanlightSemicircular window over doorway
- tympanumSound-receiving ear membrane
- pedimentTriangular architectural crowning element
- vaultSecure storage chamber
dome · niche · tracery · spandrel · keystone · lintel · molding · frieze
Corrective eyewear worn daily
- glassesCorrective eyewear or tumblers
- lensesCurved transparent refractors
- framesRigid enclosing structures
- pince-nezArmless eyeglasses clipped on
reading glasses · bifocals · rimless · optical · corrective · prescription
Fortified defensive wall
- bastionFortified defensive position
- redoubtEnclosed temporary fortification
- casemateFortified gun enclosure
- glacisFortification's outer slope
embrasure · parapet · scarp · berm · artillery · fieldwork · earthwork · entrenchment
Sacred ritual table
- muralWall-applied artwork
- frescoWet plaster painting technique
- paintingPigment on canvas
- chapelSmall worship room
apse · sanctuary · devotional · religious art · vaulted · church · cathedral · iconography
Portable timekeeping device
movement · escapement · mainspring · horological · timepiece · mechanism
moon
Natural planetary satellite
phases · gibbous · celestial · eclipse · half-moon · semicircle · arc · horned · sickle · curved
arch
Curved spanning structure
- fanlightSemicircular window over doorway
- tympanumSound-receiving ear membrane
- pedimentTriangular architectural crowning element
vault · dome · niche · tracery · spandrel · keystone · lintel · molding · frieze · arcade
spectacles
Corrective eyewear worn daily
- glassesCorrective eyewear or tumblers
- lensesCurved transparent refractors
- framesRigid enclosing structures
pince-nez · reading glasses · bifocals · rimless · optical · corrective · prescription
rampart
Fortified defensive wall
- bastionFortified defensive position
- redoubtEnclosed temporary fortification
- casemateFortified gun enclosure
glacis · embrasure · parapet · scarp · berm · artillery · fieldwork · earthwork · entrenchment · citadel
altar
Sacred ritual table
chapel · apse · sanctuary · devotional · religious art · vaulted · church · cathedral · iconography · sacred
watch
Portable timekeeping device
pivot · movement · escapement · mainspring · horological · timepiece · mechanism
- fortificationsfort, fortress, fortresses, citadel, citadels
- curved shapescrescent, arc, horseshoe, parabola, bend
- recessesrecess, alcove, niche, nook, cubbyhole
- art termspainting, sculpture, drawing, portrait, landscape
- art formatsportrait, landscape, square, panorama, tondo
- church itemscrucifix, altarpiece, altar cloth, altar candles, monstrance