OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 26749

embrasure

/ɪmˈbɹeɪʒə(ɹ)/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
tronera
Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired.
But there were less casualties than might have been expected, and the barricade rose steadily, a wall of concrete two feet thick, with embrasures for two machine-guns and a small f…
Near-synonym: crenel (sometimes hyponymous technically)
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