cunette

/kjuːˈnɛt/

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”).

cunette means A trench dug in a moat to allow for drainage, or as an extra obstacle for attackers. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

cunette is pronounced /kjuːˈnɛt/.

noun

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; […]”