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BNC: 38840 COCA: 39807
BNC: 38840 COCA: 39807

embrasure

noun

em·​bra·​sure im-ˈbrā-zhər How to pronounce embrasure (audio)
1
: an opening with sides flaring outward in a wall or parapet of a fortification usually for allowing the firing of cannon
2
: a recess of a door or window

Illustration of embrasure

Illustration of embrasure
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web There were openings in the upper walls, accessible to the men on the ramparts, called embrasures, through which archers could shoot. William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2019 There were openings in the upper walls, accessible to the men on the ramparts, called embrasures, through which archers could shoot. William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2019 There were openings in the upper walls, accessible to the men on the ramparts, called embrasures, through which archers could shoot. William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2019 There were openings in the upper walls, accessible to the men on the ramparts, called embrasures, through which archers could shoot. William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2019 There were openings in the upper walls, accessible to the men on the ramparts, called embrasures, through which archers could shoot. William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2019 There were openings in the upper walls, accessible to the men on the ramparts, called embrasures, through which archers could shoot. William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2019 There were openings in the upper walls, accessible to the men on the ramparts, called embrasures, through which archers could shoot. William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2019 Halfway down the building, that decoration even turns a somersault as a band of ornate terra cotta goes from sitting flat on the facade above the narrow embrasures to becoming a protruding cornice over the wider ones. Blake Gopnik, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

French, from obsolete embraser to widen an opening

First Known Use

1702, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of embrasure was in 1702
BNC: 38840 COCA: 39807

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