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embrasure
[ em-brey-zher ]
noun
- (in fortification) an opening, as a loophole or crenel, through which missiles may be discharged.
- Architecture. a splayed enlargement of a door or window toward the inner face of a wall.
- Dentistry. the space between adjacent teeth.
embrasure
/ ɪmˈbreɪʒə /
noun
- fortifications an opening or indentation, as in a battlement, for shooting through
- an opening forming a door or window, having splayed sides that increase the width of the opening in the interior
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Derived Forms
- emˈbrasured, adjective
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Other Words From
- em·brasured adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of embrasure1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of embrasure1
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Example Sentences
I leaned back in the embrasure in a more comfortable position, so that I could enjoy more fully the aerial gambolling.
I turned with a gasp of excitement and satisfaction: yes, the embrasure of the wall was deep enough; what a wall it was!
The bank was a parapet, behind which the gunboats crouched, firing up the bayou as through an embrasure.
The men who work these guns now do not need to see the enemy, even through the porthole or the embrasure.
The day before yesterday he saw the smoke from an embrasure on his left and heard a shell coming, but did not see it.
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