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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 em·bra·sure /ɪmˈbreʒɚ/
 鎗眼,炮眼

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 em·bra·sure /ɪmˈbreʒɚ/ 名詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Em·bra·sure n.  An embrace. [Obs.] “Our locked embrasures.”

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Em·bra·sure n.
 1. Arch. A splay of a door or window.
 Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's embrasure,
 Sat the lovers.   --Longfellow.
 2. Fort. An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 embrasure
      n : an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing
          through [syn: port, porthole]