embrasure

Meaning

1. Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired.
2. (figuratively) Any small protected space.
3. The slanting indentation in a wall for a door or window, such that the space is larger on the inside than the outside.
4. (obsolete) An embrace.

Synonyms

loophole

porthole

crenelle

port

embattle

crenel

muzzle

vent

ejector nozzle

loop-hole

shot hole

blast hole

jet orifice

gun port

nozzle orifice

bore

jet tip

borehole

gunboat

gunport

gun-port

jet

recess

Translations

embrasure

Schießscharte

tronera

tronera

cannoniera

aspillera

schietgat

capialço

πολεμίστρα

mazgal

svasatura

portell

strombatura

Scharte

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪmˈbɹeɪʒə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle French embrasure.