English-Thai Dictionary

embrasure

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EMBRASURE

n.s as z. 1. An opening in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged.
2. In architecture, the enlargement of the aperture of a door or window, on the inside of the wall, for giving greater play for the opening of the door or casement, or for admitting more light.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EMBRASURE

Em *bra "sure, n. Etym: [See Embrace. ]

 

Defn: An embrace. [Obs. ] "Our locked embrasures."" Shak.

 

EMBRASURE

Em *bra "sure (277 ), n. Etym: [F., fr. embraser, perh. equiv. to ébraser to widen an opening; of unknown origin. ]

 

1. (Arch. )

 

Defn: A splay of a door or window. Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's embrasure, Sat the lovers. Longfellow.

 

2. (Fort. )

 

Defn: An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

embrasure

em bra sure |emˈbrāZHər əmˈbreɪʒər | ▶noun a small opening in a parapet of a fortified building, splayed on the inside. DERIVATIVES em bra sured adjective ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French, from obsolete embraser (earlier form of ébraser )‘widen a door or window opening, ’ of unknown ultimate origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

embrasure

embrasure |ɪmˈbreɪʒə, ɛm- | ▶noun an opening in a wall or parapet which is bevelled or splayed out on the inside, typically one around a window or door. DERIVATIVES embrasured adjective ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French, from obsolete embraser (earlier form of ébraser )‘widen a door or window opening ’, of unknown ultimate origin.

 

French Dictionary

embrasure

embrasure n. f. nom féminin Ouverture d ’une porte, d ’une fenêtre. : « L ’embrasure découpait dans du sombre un bout de rue tranquille, presque agreste » (Gabrielle Roy , La Détresse et l ’Enchantement ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

embrasure

em bra sure /ɪmbréɪʒə r /名詞 C 1 銃眼 .2 〘建 〙朝顔口 , 斜間 （はすま ）.