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Definition of embrasure noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

embrasure

noun
 
/ɪmˈbreɪʒə(r)/
 
/ɪmˈbreɪʒər/
(architecture)
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  1. an opening in a wall for a door or window, wider on the inside than on the outside
    Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French, from obsolete embraser (earlier form of ébraser) ‘widen a door or window opening’, of unknown ultimate origin.
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