embrasure

/IH0 M B R AA1 ZH ER0/
noun
  1. 1

    Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    An embrace.

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