embrasure

== English == === Etymology === From French embrasure, from embras(er) +‎ -ure, from Old French embrasure (“cut at a slant, make a groove or furrow”), from em- +‎ braser (“cut at a slant”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪmˈbɹeɪʒə(ɹ)/ === Noun === embrasure (plural embrasures) (architecture, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired. Coordinate term: loophole Near-synonym: crenel (sometimes hyponymous technically) (figurative) Any small protected space. The slanting indentation in a wall for a door or window, such that the space is larger on the inside than the outside. (obsolete) An embrace. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == French == === Etymology === From embraser +‎ -ure, from em- +‎ braser (“cut at a slant”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bʁa.zyʁ/ === Noun === embrasure f (plural embrasures) (architecture) embrasure ==== Descendants ==== → Polish: ambrazura → Russian: амбразура (ambrazura)→ Georgian: ამბრაზურა (ambrazura) === Further reading === “embrasure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012