Embrasure

Definition:

• (n.) An embrace.
• (n.) A splay of a door or window.
• (n.) An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate.

Compare embrasure with other words:

casemate vs. embrasure

embrace vs. embrasure

embrasure vs. window

door vs. embrasure

embrasure vs. slanting

battlement vs. embrasure

embrasure vs. indentation

embrasure vs. merlon

embrasure vs. port