Hypertext Webster Gateway: "embrasure"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Embrasure \Em*bra"sure\ (?; 135), n. [See {Embrace}.]
An embrace. [Obs.] ``Our locked embrasures.'' --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Embrasure \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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
embrasure
n : an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing
through [syn: {port}, {porthole}]
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