Definition of Embrasure

1. Noun. An opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through.

Exact synonyms: Port, Porthole
Generic synonyms: Opening
Category relationships: Ship

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

1. [n -S]

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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Embrasure

embraid
embraided
embraiding
embraids
embramine
embranchment
embranchments
embrangle
embrangled
embranglement
embranglements
embrangles
embrangling
embrasor
embrasors
embrasure
embrasures
embrave
embraved
embraves
embraving
embrazure
embread
embreaded
embreads
embreathement
embrew
embrewed
embrewing
embrews

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