lacunal

[Eng. lacun (a); -al.] Pertaining to or containing lacunse. la-cu-nar, s. & a. [Latin, from lacuna (q. v.).] A. As substantive: Architecture: tained as a means of breaking the unsightly flat ne of a ceiling. The edges of these panels were decorated with carved and gilt ornaments, and the centers filled in with decorative painting. 2. The ceiling or under surface of the member of an order, of the corona of a cornice, or of the part of the architrave between the capitals of columns, and generally any ceiling having sunk or hollowed compartments without spaces or bands between the panels; a laquear having bands between the panels. ( Gwilt .) B. As adj .: Pertaining to or containing lacune or lacunars; having open spaces at intervals. lăc-u-när-I-a, s. pl. [LACUNAR, 8.] *lă-cūne', s. [LACUNA.] Agap.