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Embrasure

Embrasure Meaning & Definition
Embrasure Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Embrasure?

[n] an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through

Synonyms | Synonyms for Embrasure: port | porthole

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See Also | opening

Embrasure In Webster's Dictionary

\Em*bra"sure\ (?; 135), n. [See {Embrace}.] An embrace. [Obs.] ``Our locked embrasures.'' --Shak.
\Em*bra"sure\ (277), n. [F., fr. embraser, perh. equiv. to ['e]braser to widen an opening; of unknown origin.] 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}.

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