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Noun Concept
Categories: long volume value, Windows, Castle architecture
EN
port  embrasure  porthole  Crenelles  crenels
EN
An opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through WordNet 3.0
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An opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
An embrasure is the opening in a battlement between two raised solid portions. Wikipedia
Opening in a crenellation or battlement between the two raised solid portions or merlons Wikidata
An embrace. Wiktionary
An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole. Wiktionary
IS A
opening
architectural element
PART OF
fortification
HAS KIND
arrowslit
CATEGORY DOMAIN
ship
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sytin Military Encyclopedia
Encyclopedic Lexicon
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
port, embrasure, porthole
Wikipedia
EN
embrasure
Wikidata
EN
embrasure
Wiktionary
EN
embrasure, port
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
Crenelles, crenels, Embrasured, embrasures, Gun-loop, Gun hole, gun loop, gun loops, Gunhole, gunloop, stepped embrasure

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