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Definition of Embrasure
1. Noun. An opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through.
Definition of Embrasure
1. n. An embrace.
2. n. A splay of a door or window.
Definition of Embrasure
1. Noun. (context: architecture military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement. ¹
2. Noun. The slanting indentation in a wall for a door or window, such that the space is larger on the inside than the outside. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Embrasure
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Medical Definition of Embrasure
1. 1. A splay of a door or window. "Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's embrasure, Sat the lovers." (Longfellow) 2. An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. Origin: F, fr. Embraser, perh. Equiv. To ebraser to widen an opening; of unknown origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)