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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Embrasure (0.00859 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Embrasure.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: embrasure
embrasure
n : an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing
through [syn:
port,
porthole]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Embrasure
Embrasure
\Em*bra"sure\ (?; 135), n. [See
Embrace.]
An embrace. [Obs.]
“Our locked embrasures.” --Shak.
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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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