Embrasure Definition
ĕm-brāzhər
embrasures
noun
embrasures
An opening (for a door, window, etc.), esp. one with the sides slanted so that it is wider on the inside than on the outside.
Webster's New World
An opening (in a wall or parapet) with the sides slanting outward to increase the angle of fire of a gun.
Webster's New World
(architecture, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement.
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Other Word Forms of Embrasure
Noun
Singular:
embrasure
Plural:
embrasuresOrigin of Embrasure
French from embraser to widen an opening
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle French embrasure.
From Wiktionary
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