Thesaurus: embrasure

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1. n. An embrace.
2. n. A splay of a door or window.
3. n. An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate.
4. n. an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
5. An embrace. [Obs.] "Our locked embrasures."" Shak. 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.
6. An embrace. [Obs.] "Our locked embrasures."" Shak.
7. n:100 n an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through