Definitions for: Embrasure

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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: port, porthole

See Also: opening

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