Associations to the word «Embrasure»

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

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