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1.
(in fortification) an opening, as a loophole or crenel, through which missiles may be discharged.
2.
Architecture. a splayed enlargement of a door or window toward the inner face of a wall.
3.
Dentistry. the space between adjacent teeth.
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Embrasure
is always a great word to know.
So is pavilion. Does it mean:
| a projecting element of a fa?ade, used especially at the center or at each end and usually treated so as to suggest a tower |
| a sky lit central court in a contemporary building or house; a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early Christian church |
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embrasure
1702, from Fr. embrasure, from O.Fr. embraser "to cut at a slant, make a groove or furrow in a door or window," from en- "in" + braser "to cut at a slant."
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embrasure em·bra·sure (ěm-brā'zhər)
n.
The sloped valley between two teeth.
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