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Pronunciation : Em*bra"sure
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Embrace.]
Definition : Defn: An embrace. [Obs.] "Our locked embrasures."" Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Em*bra"sure (277)
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F., fr. embraser, perh. equiv. to ?braser to widen an opening; of unknown origin.]
Definition : 1. (Arch.)

Defn: A splay of a door or window. Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's embrasure, Sat the lovers. Longfellow.

2. (Fort.)

Defn: An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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