embrasure.
Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired.
Meaning & usage
Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired.
Any small protected space.
The slanting indentation in a wall for a door or window, such that the space is larger on the inside than the outside.
An embrace.
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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