Definisjon av embrasure

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Noun

embrasure - an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
port, porthole
opening the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door"
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Substantiv

embrasure - Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement.
embrasure - The slanting indentation in a wall for a door or window, such that the space is larger on the inside than the outside.
embrasure - An embrace.

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  • An embrasure is the opening in a crenellation or battlement between the two raised solid portions or merlons, sometimes called a crenel or crenelle. In domestic architecture this refers to the outward splay of a window or arrow slit on the inside. A loophole, arrow loop or arrow slit passes through a solid wall and was originally for use by archers.

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