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embrasure.

Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɪmˈbɹeɪʒə(ɹ)/
  1. Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired.

  2. Any small protected space.

    figuratively
  3. The slanting indentation in a wall for a door or window, such that the space is larger on the inside than the outside.

  4. An embrace.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From French embrasure, from embras(er) + -ure, from Old French embrasure (“cut at a slant, make a groove or furrow”), from em- + braser (“cut at a slant”).

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