Embrasure

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Embrasure

Postby William Hupy » Sun Nov 20, 2016 9:52 am

I could only go back to old French for origin. This is a slanted opening for a window in order to shoot arrows.
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Re: Embrasure

Postby Perry Lassiter » Wed Nov 23, 2016 12:06 am

Related to embouchure, that "lip" horn players often talk about. Bouche is French for mouth, which going or coming is the source of the slit in an embrachure.
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