Definitions for embrasure
ɛmˈbreɪ ʒərem·bra·sure

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. port, embrasure, portholenoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. embrasurenoun

   Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement.

2. embrasurenoun

   The slanting indentation in a wall for a door or window, such that the space is larger on the inside than the outside.

3. Etymology: From embrasure.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Embrasurenoun

   An aperture in the wall, through which the cannon is pointed; battlement.

   Etymology: embrasure, French.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. embrasure

   An embrasure is an opening in a thick wall or fortification, such as a window or passage, typically designed for directing the firing of guns or arrows. In the context of dentistry, it refers to a space that continuous outward between the curvature of two adjacent teeth. In architecture, it is a recess or splayed enlargement of a door, window, or the like.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Embrasurenoun

   an embrace

2. Embrasurenoun

   a splay of a door or window

3. Embrasurenoun

   an aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate

4. Etymology: [See Embrace.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Embrasure

   In military architecture, an embrasure is the opening in a crenellation or battlement between the two raised solid portions or merlons, sometimes called a crenel or crenelle. In domestic architecture this refers to the outward splay of a window or arrow slit on the inside. A loophole, arrow loop or arrow slit passes through a solid wall and was originally for use by archers. The purpose of embrasures is to allow weapons to be fired out from the fortification while the firer remains under cover. The splay of the wall on the inside provides room for the soldier and his equipment, and allows them to get as close to the wall face and arrow slit itself as possible. Excellent examples of deep embrasures with arrow slits are to be seen at Aigues-Mortes and Château de Coucy, both in France.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Embrasure

   (Shak.)=Embracement.

2. Embrasure

   em-brā′zhūr, n. a door or window with the sides slanted on the inside: an opening in a wall for cannon. [Fr.,—O. Fr. embraser, to slope the sides of a window, em—L. in, braser, to skew.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. embrasure

   In fortification, is an opening in the parapet, or a hole in the mask wall of a casemate through which the guns are pointed. The sole or bottom of the embrasure is from 21⁄2 to 4 feet (according to the size of the gun) above the platform upon which the gun stands. Parapet embrasures are smallest at the interior opening, which is called the mouth, and is from 11⁄2 to 2 feet wide. The widening of the embrasure is what is called the splay. The sole slopes downward about one in six. Its exterior line, or its intersection with the exterior slope, is usually made half the length of the sole. The line which bisects the sole is called the directrix. The sides are called cheeks. The masses of earth between embrasures are called merlons. When the directrix makes an angle with the direction of the parapet, the embrasure is oblique. The embrasures of casemates have in horizontal section a shape something like an hour-glass. The nearest part is called the throat. This is sometimes closed with iron shutters.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of embrasure in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of embrasure in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=embrasure
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Embrasure
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=embrasure
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embrasure
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=embrasure
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=embrasure
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html