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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
embrasure
    n 1: an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for
         firing through [syn: port, embrasure, porthole]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Embrasure \Em*bra"sure\ (?; 135), n. [See Embrace.]
   An embrace. [Obs.] "Our locked embrasures." --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Embrasure \Em*bra"sure\ (277), n. [F., fr. embraser, perh.
   equiv. to ['e]braser to widen an opening; of unknown origin.]
   1. (Arch.) A splay of a door or window.
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            Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's
            embrasure,
            Sat the lovers.                       --Longfellow.
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   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.
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