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.”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
