embrasure

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English - Turkish
{i} mazgal
mazgallarla donatmak
{i} mazgal şeklinde pencere boşluğu
mazgal şev
(Askeri) MAZGAL: Ateş ve gözetleme maksadıyla bir duvar veya ön siperde açılan delik veya yarık. Mazgallar, genel olarak, silahın daha büyük bir kavis üzerinde hareket edebilmesi için, dış tarafa doğru geniş olarak açılır
bir kapı veya pencerenin meyilli pervazı
mazgal şevi
(İnşaat) pencere şevi
English - English
The slanting indentation in a wall for a door or window, such that the space is larger on the inside than the outside

Now he stands in a window embrasure, Liz's prayer book in hand.

Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement
{n} a battlement, an opening in a wall
Embrasure Splayed opening in a wall for a window Also the low segment of the alternate high and low segments of a Battlement Provided protection to people within the wall
{i} opening in a wall through which a weapon may be fired; slanted opening
a small opening in a fortification through which the weapon fires
an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
An opening in the parapet (fort wall) through which a gun is fired Although it weakens the parapet to assault, the embrasure provides protection for the gun crew
A u-shaped indentation into a stone row These may well be a variation on the Prayer Seat, or possibly used as hunting blinds (see Prayer Seat for details)
An opening in the wall of a fortification from which a weapon is fired
An opening to either side of a merlon, along the top of a wall
An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle
The low segment of the alternating high and low segments of a battlement
The low segment of the altering high and low segments of a battlement
of Casemate
An embrace
A splay of a door or window
embrasures
plural of embrasure
embrasure

    Hyphenation

    em·bra·sure

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ im-'brA-zh&r ] (noun.) 1702. From Middle French embrasure.
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