Look up embrasure  or crenel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An embrasure (or crenel or crenelle; sometimes called gunhole in the domain of gunpowder-era...

In dentistry, embrasures are V-shaped valleys between adjacent teeth. They provide a spill way for food to escape during chewing which essentially aids...

28 but have the main embrasure replaced with a Bren gun embrasure, Bren gun embrasures in the side walls and a rifle embrasure in the rear wall. A further...

interproximal embrasure types or classes as described below: Type I – the gums fills embrasure space completely Type II – the gums partially fills embrasure space...

surrounding the castle. When an embrasure linked to more than one arrowslit (in the case of Dover Castle, defenders from three embrasures can shoot through the...

or fortifications. Merlons are sometimes pierced by narrow, vertical embrasures or slits designed for observation and fire. The space between two merlons...

they are always narrow at the tip, so as to allow for access to narrow embrasure spaces between teeth. They differ from periodontal curettes, which possess...

one JM/AC37 embrasure, one twin machine gun embrasure and a GFM cloche. Casemate de Breitenacker Sud: SIngle block with one JM/AC37 embrasure, one twin...

gallantry in swimming the ditches and entering the North Taku Fort by an embrasure during the assault. His citation reads: For distinguished gallantry in...

configurations; F types used standard triggers and stocks and were used for embrasure mounts in casemates and cupolas, while the T featured a trigger operated...

cloche (GFM), one twin machine gun embrasure, one 135mm gun embrasure and one machine gun (JM)/47mm anti-tank gun embrasure (JM/AC47). Block 2: Infantry block...

roof that resembles a battlement on a medieval castle tower, including embrasure-like openings. The red lantern sits on the roof and is 4 metres (13 ft)...

Nord: one JM/AC37 embrasure, one JM embrasure, one GFM cloche Casemate de Koenigsmacker Sud: one JM/AC37 embrasure, one JM embrasure, one GFM cloche Casemate...

was to mount a battery there. There was no intention at first of making embrasures in this tunnel, but an opening was found necessary for ventilation; as...

(JM/AC37) embrasure, one machine gun embrasure (JM) and two GFM cloches. Block 5: eastwards-flanking artillery block with three 75 mm gun embrasures, two automatic...

Aerial attacks had failed to hit the Le Hamel strongpoint, which had its embrasure facing east to provide enfilade fire along the beach and had a thick concrete...

postern, bartizan and embrasures Orillon that protects the entrance to the postern, bartizan and embrasures Details of bartizan, embrasures and curtain wall...

10–12 men with a stepped embrasure facing backwards and a combat section 50 cm (20 in) higher. This elevated section had embrasures at the front and sides...

known as open gingival embrasures, and colloquially known as "black triangle", is the space or gap seen at the cervical embrasure, below the contact point...

included merlons, a solid part of an embattled parapet usually pierced by embrasures. This wall was surrounded by another wall with a thickness of 50 m. The...

concealed postern gates and complex bent entrances with slot machicolations; embrasured loopholes for archers; barrel, pointed or groined vaults over undercrofts...

gaps or indentations at intervals in the parapet, the gaps being called embrasures or crenels, and the intervening high parts being called merlons. Loophole...

JM/AC47 embrasures, two JM embrasures, two AM cloches and two GFM-B cloches. Casemate de Sainte-Marie: Single block with one JM/AC47 embrasure, one JM...

JM/AC47 embrasure, one JM embrasure, one 81 mm mortar cloche and one GFM cloche. Casemate de Crusnes Ouest: Single block with one JM/AC47 embrasure, one...

islanders. They had thick walls, parapets, an iron gate, murder holes, and embrasures. Viglio were small coastal watchtowers, which were permanently garrisoned...

the upper part. It is set with wire entanglements and dotted with gun embrasures, look-outs and varieties of military establishments. In December 1999...

the time. The palisade was eventually replaced with a brick wall with embrasures. The fort's main facilities were erected around the large central square...

mount fully-enclosed turrets upon and were sometimes combined with an embrasure of the hull. It can be used for storage as well as a transport platform...

7P7 armoured embrasure plate with a thickness of 10 centimetres and a weight of 7.5 tonnes, in front of which there was a stepped embrasure made of concrete...

storage, accommodation, or artillery which could fire through an opening or embrasure. Although the outward faces of brick or masonry casemates proved vulnerable...