 Embrasures along the fortifications of Morro Castle, San Juan Bay, Puerto Rico The term embrasure, in architecture, refers to the opening in a crenellation or battlement between the two raised solid portions or merlons, sometimes called a crenelle; also to the splay of a window.
The etymology of embrasure expresses widening.
Includes original text from 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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