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embrasure

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9 lettersPronunciation /ɪmˈbɹeɪʒə(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted abeemrrsuStarts with EEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through

Word origin

From French embrasure, from embras(er) + -ure, from Old French embrasure (“cut at a slant, make a groove or furrow”), from em- + braser (“cut at a slant”).

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  • Near-synonym: crenel (sometimes hyponymous technically)
  • But there were less casualties than might have been expected, and the barricade rose steadily, a wall of concrete two feet thick, with embrasures for two machine-guns and a small field gun.
  • The walls are slitted with embrasures through which bowmen could fire, indicating that the belfry also served as a stronghold during border skirmishes.

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