Em*bra"sure (?; 135), n. [See Embrace.]
An embrace. [Obs.] "Our locked embrasures.
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Shak.
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Em*bra"sure [F., fr. embraser, perh. equiv. to 'ebraser to widen an opening; of unknown origin.]
1. Arch.
A splay of a door or window.
Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's embrasure,
Sat the lovers.
Longfellow.
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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