embrasure /ɪmˈbɹeɪʒə(ɹ)/ noun4 •Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired.But there were less casualties than might have been expected, and the barricade rose steadily, a wall of concrete two feet thick, with embrasures for two machine-guns and a small field gun. — 1938 •The slanting indentation in a wall for a door or window, such that the space is larger on the inside than the outside.When the fit had spent itself he walked weakly to the window and, lifting the sash, sat in a corner of the embrasure and leaned his elbow upon the sill. — 1916 •(figurative) Any small protected space.She had a special seat there, a little embrasure between two upright slabs of sandstone, which was sheltered and private. — 1938 •(no longer used) An embrace. formsembrasures
