Embrasure (noun)
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An opening in a wall or parapet which is bevelled or splayed out on the inside, typically one around a window or door.
Early 18th century from French, from obsolete embraser (earlier form of ébraser) ‘widen a door or window opening’, of unknown ultimate origin.
Example sentences
“The splayed embrasures giving away the age of the house.”
Meraki (Μεράκι) (Greek) (noun) me-rah-kee To do something with soul, creativity, and love. When someone cooks with meraki, builds with meraki, writes with meraki, they’ve poured themselves into it. Derived…
