lunette
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Entering beneath the lunette or peacock window, the oldest part of the historical structure, visitors find themselves in the sheltering canopy of the Palm House beneath the Conservatory’s central glass dome.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2022
Mrs. Trump, who spent years as a high-fashion model, looks both dignified and beautiful, standing before one of the arch-topped lunette windows located in the private residence of the White House.
From Washington Times • Apr. 3, 2017
A lunette window near the ceiling splashed the canvas with light at an angle similar to that of the implicit light source in Caravaggio’s composition.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 20, 2016
The ornate entrance to the home, with its elliptical limestone archway, peacock-like lunette and marble steps, hints at the architectural delights to come.
From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2016
Very fine is the fresco in the lunette of the entrance, where Cardinal Gentile, in his franciscan habit, is kneeling before the saint who bends forward to raise him from so humble a position.
From The Story of Assisi by Gordon, Lina Duff
Vocabulary lists containing lunette
Power Suffix: -ette
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