Associations to the word «Embrasure»
Noun
- Parapet
- Bastion
- Turret
- Launcher
- Rampart
- Slit
- Mortar
- Grenade
- Cannon
- Ditch
- Gun
- Superstructure
- Redoubt
- Moat
- Sud
- Block
- Pounder
- Battery
- Musket
- Buttress
- Window
- Fortification
- Earthwork
- Muzzle
- Machine
- Firing
- Artillery
- Infantry
- Masonry
- Nord
- Rifleman
- Batterie
- Gaping
- Gunner
- Rifle
- Tank
- Rustling
- Curtain
- Crossbow
- Wall
- Bois
- Armament
- Entry
- Flank
- Slab
- Sharpe
- Tower
- Fort
- Munition
- Fortress
- Gunfire
- Hull
- Breach
- Bunker
- Volley
- Facing
- Petit
- Ammunition
- Entrance
- Observation
- Opening
- Am
- Garion
- Thickness
- Aperture
- Balcony
- Arch
- Shaft
- Defender
- Staircase
- Below
Adjective
Wiktionary
EMBRASURE, noun. (architecture) (military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement.
EMBRASURE, noun. The slanting indentation in a wall for a door or window, such that the space is larger on the inside than the outside.
EMBRASURE, noun. (obsolete) An embrace.
Dictionary definition
EMBRASURE, noun. An opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.