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ALL meanings of embrasure

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  • noun embrasure (architecture, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement. 1
  • noun embrasure The slanting indentation in a wall for a door or window, such that the space is larger on the inside than the outside. 0
  • noun embrasure (Obsolete (No longer in use)) An embrace. 0
  • noun embrasure an opening or indentation, as in a battlement, for shooting through 0
  • noun embrasure an opening forming a door or window, having splayed sides that increase the width of the opening in the interior 0
  • noun embrasure an opening (for a door, window, etc.), esp. one with the sides slanted so that it is wider on the inside than on the outside 0
  • noun embrasure an opening (in a wall or parapet) with the sides slanting outward to increase the angle of fire of a gun 0
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