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Webster 1913 Edition
Embrasure
Em-bra′sure
(277)
, Noun.
[F., fr.
embraser
, perh. equiv. to ébraser
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
Sat the lovers.
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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Embrasure
EMBRASU'RE
,Noun.
1.
An opening in a wall or parapet,through which cannon are pointed and discharged.2.
In architecture, the enlargement of the aperture of a door or window, on the inside of the wall, for giving greater play for the opening of the door or casement, or for admitting more light.