\Em*bra"sure\ (?; 135), n. [See {Embrace}.]
An embrace. [Obs.] ``Our locked embrasures.'' --Shak.

\Em*bra"sure\ (277), n. [F., fr. embraser, perh.
equiv. to ['e]braser to widen an opening; of unknown origin.]
1. (Arch.) A splay of a door or window.
         Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's
         embrasure, Sat the lovers.            --Longfellow.
2. (Fort.) An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet,
   through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a
   crenelle. See Illust. of {Casemate}.