[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

embrasure \embra"sure\ ?; 135, n. see embrace.
   an embrace. obs. "our locked embrasures." --shak.
   1913 webster
see also:
embrace 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

embrasure \embra"sure\ 277, n. f., fr. embraser, perh.
   equiv. to 'ebraser to widen an opening; of unknown origin.
   1. arch. a splay of a door or window.
      1913 webster

            apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's
            embrasure,
            sat the lovers.                       --longfellow.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
casemate 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

embrasure
     n : an opening in a wall or ship or armored vehicle for firing
         through syn: port, porthole
see also:
port porthole 

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