EMBRASURES
Noun
embrasures
plural of embrasure
Source: Wiktionary
EMBRASURE
Em*bra"sure, n. Etym: [See Embrace.]
Definition: An embrace. [Obs.] "Our locked embrasures."" Shak.
Em*bra"sure (277), n. Etym: [F., fr. embraser, perh. equiv. to
ébraser to widen an opening; of unknown origin.]
1. (Arch.)
Definition: A splay of a door or window.
Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's embrasure, Sat the lovers.
Longfellow.
2. (Fort.)
Definition: An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through
which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of
Casemate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition