Embrasure

Definition of Embrasure

Em`bra´sure

n.	1.	An embrace.
	1.	(Arch.) A splay of a door or window. Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's embrasure, Sat the lovers. - Longfellow.
	2.	(Fort.) An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate.

Related Words

opening, port, porthole, ship

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