1) An opening for firing through 2) Castle architecture 3) Dental anatomy 4) French word used in English 5) Opening 6) Parapet gunport 7) Port 8) Porthole
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In military architecture, 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 or...
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[dentistry] In dentistry, embrasures are a V-shaped valleys between adjacent teeth. They provide a spill way for food to escape during mastication which essentially aids in the self-cleansing process. They also prevent food from being forced through the contact area which might cause food packing and periodontal pain. ...
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The open area set inside the thickness of a wall behind a loophole or arrowslit for archers to stand in.
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recess of a door or window
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• (n.) A splay of a door or window. • (n.) An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate. • (n.) An embrace.
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The low segment of the altering high and low segments of a battlement.
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the space between two teeth created by the sloping away of the mesial and distal surfaces.
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This is the hole in the wall through which an observer looks. It should enable the man to see his arc without moving his head much, in other words, the V shape taking up the thickness of the wall should be on the outer face, not inside. Where the wall is thinner, it should be reinforced with a steel backing plate. It may have Macrolon or steel shut...
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The low segment of the altering high and low segments of a battlement.
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a small opening in a wall or parapet, usually with splayed reveals which allows guns to be fired from cover. See fortification.
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1. A splay of a door or window. 'Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's embrasure, Sat the lovers.' (Longfellow) ... 2. An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. ... Origin: F, fr. Embraser, perh. Equiv. To ebraser to widen an opening; of unknown origin. ... Source: Websters ...
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(em-bra´zhәr) a space continuous with an interproximal space, produced by curvatures of teeth in contact in the same arch; it provides a passage through which food escapes from the occlusal surfaces during mastication.
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the space between merlons on a battlemented wall, also known as a crenel
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Em·bra'sure -277
noun [ French, from
embraser , perhaps equiv. to
ébraser to widen an opening; of unknown origin.]
1. (Architecture) A splay of a door or window. « Apart, in t
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Em·bra'sure noun [ See
Embrace .] An embrace. [ Obsolete] 'Our locked
embrasures .'
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The gaps existing between neighbouring teeth.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: em-brā′shūr Definitions: 1. In dentistry, an opening that widens outwardly or inwardly; specifically, that space adjacent to the interproximal contact area that spreads toward the facial, gingival, lingual, occlusal, or incisal aspect.
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Opening in defensive wall to fire cannons through.
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Embrasures are the spaces or openings between two merlons (solid portions) of a battlement, and openings in walls through which guns and cannons may be fired. Embrasures open wider on the defender's side to allow a wider field of fire, and to the attacker present a narrow opening. The classic castle 'arrow slit' is a typical example of an embrasure...
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In architecture, an embrasure is a splayed opening, wider at the outside than the inside. such as of a door or window or the gap between merlons in a battlement, through which defenders may fire.
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[Ivanhoe] a recess of door or window (machicolles)
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the space between merlons on a battlemented wall, also known as a crenel
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A splayed opening in a wall that enframes a doorway or a window.
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(in fortification) an opening, as a loophole or crenel, through which missiles may be discharged. · a splayed enlargement of a door or window toward the inner face of a wall. · the space between adjacent teeth.
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