EMBRASURE


Meaning of EMBRASURE in English

n. 1 the bevelling of a wall at the sides of a door or window; splaying. 2 a small opening in a parapet of a fortified building, splayed on the inside. embrasured adj.

[ F f. embraser splay, of unkn. orig. ]

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