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cunette

/kjuːˈnɛt/ UK
/kjuːˈnɛt/ US
/kuː-/ US

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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”).

noun cunettes

A trench dug in a moat to allow for drainage, or as an extra obstacle for attackers. Ford's Ravelin.—Completed in its ditch, ſluices, cunette, aqueducts, ſcarp, and counterſcarp walls; […]

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Français	cunette
Deutsch	Künette

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"cunette." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cunette. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cunette. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cunette

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"cunette." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cunette.

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@misc{cunette_2026,
  title = {cunette},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cunette},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}