Synonyms for lune
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : loon |
| Phonetic Transcription : lun |
Top 10 synonyms for lune Other synonyms for the word lune
Définition of lune
Origin :- figure formed by two arcs of circles, 1704, from Latin luna "moon; crescent-shaped badge" (see luna).
- As in crescent : noun sickle-shaped object
- The artist turns with reluctance from the banks of the Lune and the Duddon.
- Extract from : « Lancashire » by Leo H. (Leo Hartley) Grindon
- In the Vale of the Lune the Danes have left numerous traces.
- Extract from : « The Danes in Lancashire and Yorkshire » by S. W. Partington
- Looming on the west are the wild highlands of Lune and Stainmore forests.
- Extract from : « The Rivers and Streams of England » by A.G. Bradley
- Indeed, up to 1836, it was the only spire which could be found between the Ribble and the Lune.
- Extract from : « Our Churches and Chapels » by Atticus
- The area of a spherical triangle is equal to the area of a lune whose angle is half the triangle's spherical excess.
- Extract from : « The Teaching of Geometry » by David Eugene Smith
- From the Lune valley in the north to the extreme south-east of the county there is only one good natural entrance into Lancashire.
- Extract from : « The Great Civil War in Lancashire (1642-1651) » by Ernest Broxap
- The fells of Furness look black and bold, and the windings of the Lune are clearly traced out.
- Extract from : « The Lancashire Witches » by William Harrison Ainsworth
- A very handsome octangular tower exists at Hornby, on the banks of the Lune, built about the middle of the sixteenth century.
- Extract from : « Lancashire » by Leo H. (Leo Hartley) Grindon
- The word Lune was anciently written Lone, and the hundred is still named Lonsdale.
- Extract from : « Traditions, Superstitions and Folk-lore » by Charles Hardwick
- Cotgrave gives: 'Touret, the annulet, or little ring whereby a hawk's lune is fastened unto the jesses.'
- Extract from : « Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales » by Geoffrey Chaucer
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