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 Translation for 'arrowslit' from English to French
NOUN   an arrowslit | arrowslits
arch.hist.mil.
embrasure {f} militaire
arrowslit
arch.hist.mil.
créneau {m} [rempart]
arrowslit
constr.mil.
embrasure {f}
arrowslit
arch.armeshist.
archère {f}
arrowslit [for archer]
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Translation for 'arrowslit' from English to French

arrowslit
embrasure {f} militairearch.hist.mil.

créneau {m} [rempart]arch.hist.mil.

embrasure {f}constr.mil.
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arrowslit [for archer]
archère {f}arch.armeshist.
Usage Examples English
  • When an embrasure linked to more than one arrowslit (in the case of Dover Castle, defenders from three embrasures can shoot through the same arrowslit) it is called a "multiple arrowslit".
  • This embrasure, similar to a Medieval castle's arrowslit, could be used to attack an incoming intruder while keeping Hager out of site.
  • From outside it was surrounded with two defence belts: from below there were lines with machicolations, and from above - with sunken arrowslit.
  • The precursor to the loophole for firearms was the arrowslit, which is a narrow aperture in a fortification for an archer to launch arrows or an arbalist to launch crossbow bolts.
  • The main dwelling of the 15th century is located along the west curtain wall. Among the outbuildings are the prison with its two vaulted cells lit by an arrowslit and a stable.

  • The building has three openings: a narrow window in arrowslit in the centre of apse, an oculus above the apse, illuminating the nave and another arrowslit on east façade.
  • From the outside the niche suggested a castle tower, and a drainage opening was even designed to resemble an arrowslit.
  • A loophole, arrow loop or arrowslit passes through a solid wall, and thus forms an embrasure of shooting, allowing archer or gunner weapons to be fired out from the fortification while the firer remains under cover.
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