What does "embrasure" mean?
Embrasure: (Arch.) A splay of a door or window. Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's embrasure, Sat the lovers. Longfellow.
Additional senses
- 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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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