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Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture, government, military, politics, war
Examples
- Near-synonym: crenel (sometimes hyponymous technically)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crenel[Appendix:Glossary
Antonyms: none provided
Any small protected space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The slanting indentation in a wall for a door or window, such that the space is larger on the inside than the outside.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
An embrace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: port, porthole
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: opening
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”).
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مَزْغَل
(mazḡal)
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Azerbaijani:
mazğal
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Bulgarian:
бо́йница
(bójnica)
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Bulgarian:
амбразу́ра
(ambrazúra)
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Bulgarian:
мазга́л
(mazgál)
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Catalan:
tronera
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Chinese Mandarin:
垛口
(duǒkǒu)
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Dutch:
schietgat
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Finnish:
ampuma-aukko
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Finnish:
embrasyyri
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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French:
embrasure
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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French:
ébrasure
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Galician:
troneira
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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German:
Scharte
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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German:
Schießscharte
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Greek:
πολεμίστρα
(polemístra)
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Greek:
μασγάλι
(masgáli)
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Greek:
σμαγδάλι
(smagdáli)
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Macedonian:
пушкарница
(puškarnica)
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Macedonian:
стрелачница
(strelačnica)
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Norman:
êvilement
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Polish:
ambrazura
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Portuguese:
troneira
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Russian:
амбразу́ра
(ambrazúra)
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Russian:
бойни́ца
(bojníca)
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Serbo-Croatian:
pùškārnica
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Serbo-Croatian:
màzgāl
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Spanish:
tronera
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Swedish:
embrasyr
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Turkish:
mazgal
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Ukrainian:
амбразу́ра
(ambrazúra)
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Welsh:
agorfa
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
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Welsh:
saethdwll
— any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
