embrasure

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They can also see gun embrasures in the basement, swords from medieval wars and a passageway, now closed off, that was used as an escape route.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2022

Allies and Morrison have lined the window embrasures of their largely white block with gold-coloured panels, so that they dazzle in the sunshine.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2014

The lily stem streams up in the long library windows and the flower peeps out of the embrasures above.

From Time Magazine Archive

The exhibition simulates the vault's green-lacquered walls backed by mirrored embrasures, where the cornucopia of gold, silver, ivory and rock-crystal objects is reflected in a dazzle of whirls and whorls.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was a worthy song, and it could stir the embrasures and battlements of a strong man’s soul.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy