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Embrasure

n.
  1. An embrace.

n.
  1. (Arch.) A splay of a door or window.
  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.