a. Chiefly Nat. Hist. Now rare. [f. prec. + -ED1.] = prec.
1673. E. Browne, Trav., 82. A sort of Cross, which our Heralds do not dream of, which is a Cross Lunated after this manner.
1706. Phil. Trans., XXV. 2216. The Jugulum or lunated part of the Breast-bone.
1830. S. Cooper, Dict. Pract. Surg. (ed. 6), 819. The operator made a lunated incision.
1857. Birch, Anc. Pottery (1858), I. 411. The Amazons have the pelta, or lunated shield.
1859. Todd, Cycl. Anat., V. 156/2. The sacro-iliac facet is lunated in shape.