▪ I. lacune
(ləˈkjuːn)
[Anglicized form of lacuna. Cf. F. lacune.]
1. = lacuna 1. Now rare.
| 1701 Beverley Apoc. Quest. 43 Which..I look upon as a very Great Lacune in his Scheme. 1784 Henley in Beckford's Vathek (1868) 189 note, There being a lacune in his transcript of the original. 1814 W. Taylor in Robberd Mem. II. 450 He could trust to his extempore eloquence for supplying the lacunes of his text. 1887 Dublin Rev. July 213 In the episcopal succession there are some few lacunes which there are no data to fill. |
2. = lacuna 2.
| 1846 Dana Zooph. iv. (1848) 35 The various cavities, lacunes, or pores in the tissues of the animal. |
▪ II. lacune
obs. form of lagoon.