English Explanatory Dictionary

cunette

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A trench dug in a moat to allow for drainage, or as an extra obstacle for attackers.

Pronunciation

/kjuːˈnɛt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cunette.wav /kuː-/

Word forms

cunette cunettes

Etymology

From French cunette (possibly also lacunette), from Italian cunetta (“cunette”), said to be from lacunetta, diminutive of lacuna (“ditch; lagoon; gap”), from Latin lacūna (“hole, pit; cavity, cleft, hollow, opening; gap, void”), from lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).

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