Definizione monolingua

embrasure

embrasure (plural embrasures)

1. (architecture, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement.
2. The slanting indentation in a wall for a door or window, such that the space is larger on the inside than the outside.
   • 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 155:

     Now he stands in a window embrasure, Lizs prayer book in hand.

Definizione dizionario embrasure

cannoniera

feritoia

strombatura

svasatura

Altri significati:

Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement

The slanting indentation in a wall for a door or window, such that the space is larger on the inside than the outside.

(architecture, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement.