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Meaning of EMBRASURE

Pronunciation:  em'breyzhur

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

EMBRASURE is a 9 letter word that starts with E.

 

 Synonyms: port, porthole
 
 See Also: opening

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Em*bra"sure\ (?; 135), n. [See {Embrace}.]
    An embrace. [Obs.] ``Our locked embrasures.'' --Shak.
    
    
  2. \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}.
    
    
 

 

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