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embrasure

em.bra.sure \im-'bra--zh*r\ n [F, fr. obs. embraser to widen an opening] 1: 
   a recess of a door or window  2: an opening with sides flaring outward in a 
   wall or parapet of a fortific ation usu. for allowing the firing of cannon