noun
- eyeglasses or spectacles
- crescent-shaped or semicircular architectural openings or decorative elements
Usage: from French
Usage: architecture
Examples
- She adjusted her lunettes before reading the fine print.
- The professor’s lunettes reflected the light from the window.
- The cathedral featured beautiful lunettes above each doorway.
- Painted lunettes decorated the ceiling of the chapel.
- He cleaned his lunettes with a soft cloth.
- The Renaissance frescoes filled the lunettes in the dome.