embrasure
noun
(in fortification) an opening, as a loophole or crenel, through which missiles may be discharged.
embrasured
-
a word derived from
embrasure.
Example Sentences
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Situated in a wide-open plateau, rare in that country, Nasan, with its fortified air strip and embrasured artillery, dug in for a spiky hedgehog battle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gregg was a large fort, with a deep ditch in front, and its sally-ports protected in rear, and was embrasured for six guns.
From Lee's Last Campaign by John C. Gorman
In the days of the past it had claimed much more—goods, and cattle, and tribute of the traffic going northward—as the loop-holed quadrangle for impounded stock, and the deeply embrasured tower, showed.
From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
At Whitby Hall there are two interesting and characteristic examples of embrasured windows with paneled jambs and soffits, and molded architrave casings.
From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Frank Cousins
Mahone was unfinished, and was simply an embrasured battery of three guns.
From Lee's Last Campaign by John C. Gorman
