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(; 135), n.[See Embrace.] An embrace. [Obs.] "Our locked embrasures." Shak. Embra"sure (277), n.[F., fr. embraser, perh. equiv. to braser 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. スポンサード リンク
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