embrasure
pronunciation
How to pronounce embrasure in British English:
UK [ɪmˈbreɪʒə(r)]
How to pronounce embrasure in American English:
US [ɛmˈbreʒɚ]
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- Noun:
- an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
Word Origin
- embrasure (n.)
- "enlargement of the interior aperture of a door or window," 1702, from French embrasure (16c.), from Old French embraser "to cut at a slant, make a groove or furrow in a door or window," from assimilated form of en- "in" (see en- (1)) + braser "to cut at a slant."
Example
- 1. He then stuffed the wine , had caught the fish , or even still on the quarry cliff to help people played embrasure .