# embrasure

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪmˈbɹeɪʒə(ɹ)/

## Definitions
1. Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired.
2. Any small protected space.
3. The slanting indentation in a wall for a door or window, such that the space is larger on the inside than the outside.
4. An embrace.

## Etymology
From French embrasure, from embras(er) + -ure, from Old French embrasure (“cut at a slant, make a groove or furrow”), from em- + braser (“cut at a slant”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/embrasure