Embrasure

What do we mean by embrasure?

An opening in a thick wall for a door or window, especially one with sides angled so that the opening is larger on the inside of the wall than on the outside. noun

A flared opening for a gun in a wall or parapet. noun

To furnish with embrasures, as a wall or fort: used chiefly in the past participle.

An embrace. noun

In architecture, the enlargement of the aperture of a door or window on the inside of the wall, designed to give more room or admit more light, or to provide a wider range for ballistic arms. noun

In fortification, an opening in a wall or parapet through which guns are pointed and fired; the indent or crenelle of an embattlement. noun

An embrace. noun

A splay of a door or window. noun

An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate. noun

Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement. noun

The slanting indentation in a wall for a door or window, such that the space is larger on the inside than the outside. noun

An opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through noun

Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement.

The slanting indentation in a wall for a door or window, such that the space is larger on the inside than the outside.

An embrace.

Words that are spelled similarly to embrasure:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective embrasure:
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