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Embrasure
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
An embrace. [Obs.] "Our locked embrasures."" Shak.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A splay of a door or window. Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's embrasure, Sat the lovers. Longfellow.
2. An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate.