Lacunars

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lacunar \La*cu"nar\, n.; pl. E. {Lacunars}
     (l[.a]*k[=u]"n[~e]rz), L. {Lacunaria}
     (l[a^]k`[-u]*n[=a]"r[i^]*[.a]). [L.] (Arch.)
     (a) The ceiling or under surface of any part, especially when
         it consists of compartments, sunk or hollowed without
         spaces or bands between the panels. --Gwilt


     (b) One of the sunken panels in such a ceiling.
         [1913 Webster]