Meaning & use
embrasure
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an opening in a wall or fortification that widens toward the interior, used for a window, door, or to fire weapons through.
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Archers once fired their arrows through the castle's narrow embrasures.
Sunlight poured through the deep embrasure of the old stone window.
A note on using this word
Common in architecture and military history to describe angled wall openings in fortresses and castles.
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