em|bra|sure

em|bra|sure
em|bra|sure «ehm BRAY zhuhr», noun.
1. an opening in a wall for a gun, with sides that spread outward to permit the gun to swing through a greater arc.
2. Architecture. a slanting off of the wall at an oblique angle on the inner sides of a window or door.
[< French embrasure < Old French embraser set on fire < en- on (< Latin in-) + braise, earlier breze red-hot coal]

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