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embrasure

/ɪmˈbreɪʒə

/ /ɛmˈbreɪʒə/

noun

An opening in a wall or parapet which is bevelled or splayed out on the inside, typically one around a window or door.Guns usually stood on a flat terreplein, shooting over a wide earth parapet which was intended to absorb incoming fire, although they might also fire through splayed embrasures, or be housed in vaulted casemates on a lower storey....

As estimated by the staff of the Joint Force, around two-thirds of losses were inflicted by snipers operating within such parties, who would fire from embrasures in basement walls, top-story windows and roofs.
Six steps, alternately black and white, vertically elongated, extend up into the sky, the upper surfaces broken by slits that suggest embrasures.

Derivatives

embrasured

adjective ...

Standing opposite every city gate of old Beijing was an embrasured watchtower, an imposing and distinctive structure that added tremendously to the landscape of the city in old days.
The three German seaward embrasured emplacements are partly built into and against the fort.

Origin

Early 18th century: from French, from obsolete embraser (earlier form of ébraser) 'widen a door or window opening', of unknown ultimate origin.

单词	embrasure
释义	embrasure /ɪmˈbreɪʒə / /ɛmˈbreɪʒə/ noun An opening in a wall or parapet which is bevelled or splayed out on the inside, typically one around a window or door.Guns usually stood on a flat terreplein, shooting over a wide earth parapet which was intended to absorb incoming fire, although they might also fire through splayed embrasures, or be housed in vaulted casemates on a lower storey.... As estimated by the staff of the Joint Force, around two-thirds of losses were inflicted by snipers operating within such parties, who would fire from embrasures in basement walls, top-story windows and roofs. Six steps, alternately black and white, vertically elongated, extend up into the sky, the upper surfaces broken by slits that suggest embrasures. Derivatives embrasured adjective ... Standing opposite every city gate of old Beijing was an embrasured watchtower, an imposing and distinctive structure that added tremendously to the landscape of the city in old days. The three German seaward embrasured emplacements are partly built into and against the fort. Origin Early 18th century: from French, from obsolete embraser (earlier form of ébraser) 'widen a door or window opening', of unknown ultimate origin. Rhymes Australasia
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embrasure

Derivatives

embrasured

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