Antonyms for embrasure

Grammar : Noun

Spell : em-brey-zher

Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈbreɪ ʒər

Definition of embrasure

Origin : 1702, from French embrasure (16c.), from Old French embraser "to cut at a slant, make a groove or furrow in a door or window," from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + braser "to cut at a slant."

As in recess : noun niche, corner
As in dent : noun depression, scrape, chip

Example sentences :

Gregory and his daughter were talking together in the embrasure of a window.
Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini

On every embrasure and gallery, on every terrace and platform, it was the same.
Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever

Lady Stafford is sitting within the embrasure of the window.
Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton

The gun fired through an embrasure or loophole in the wall of the room.
Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy

She sat with him in the adjoining room, in the embrasure of the window, for the rest of the evening.
Extract from : « Daisy Miller » by Henry James

But her aunt, turning her back to her, moved into the embrasure of the window.
Extract from : « Miss Mackenzie » by Anthony Trollope

Miltoun was standing in the embrasure of a window above the terrace.
Extract from : « The Patrician » by John Galsworthy

And motioning her husband to a chair, she sat down in the embrasure of a window.
Extract from : « The Patrician » by John Galsworthy

They were adobe bricks, and the embrasure enabled him to tell their thickness.
Extract from : « The White Chief » by Mayne Reid

From the embrasure of his prison Carlos looked upon the terrible spectacle.
Extract from : « The White Chief » by Mayne Reid

Synonyms for embrasure

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