embrasures
Fortification window openings
Embrasures are openings in a wall or parapet, typically splayed wider on the inside than outside.
In fortifications, they allow defenders to fire weapons while remaining protected: soldiers positioned at the embrasures.
In architecture, the term describes the angled sides of a window or door opening cut through a thick wall, which let in more light than a straight-sided opening would.
Exploitable ambiguities in rules
- crenellationsNotched fortress parapet
- battlementsNotched defensive wall top
- arrow slitsNarrow openings for archers
- rampartsProtective fortress walls
parapets · castle walls · gun ports · firing positions · curtain walls · bastions · strongholds · keeps
Dense structural barriers
- sillsFrame bottom pieces
- revealsMakes visible or known
- masonryBuilding with mortared blocks
- alcovesRecessed wall spaces
niches · stone walls · light wells · Gothic windows · Romanesque · window seats · window frames · apertures
Fixed artillery installation sites
- bunkersFortified underground chambers
- pillboxesSmall fortified gun shelters
- coastal batteriesSeaward-facing defensive artillery
- field fortificationsImprovised defensive military structures
observation posts · fire zones · coastal defenses · gun turrets · blockhouses · entrenchments
loopholes
Exploitable ambiguities in rules
- crenellationsNotched fortress parapet
- battlementsNotched defensive wall top
- arrow slitsNarrow openings for archers
ramparts · parapets · castle walls · gun ports · firing positions · curtain walls · bastions · strongholds · keeps · watchtowers
thick walls
Dense structural barriers
alcoves · niches · stone walls · light wells · Gothic windows · Romanesque · window seats · window frames · apertures · wall thickness
gun emplacements
Fixed artillery installation sites
- bunkersFortified underground chambers
- pillboxesSmall fortified gun shelters
- coastal batteriesSeaward-facing defensive artillery
field fortifications · observation posts · fire zones · coastal defenses · gun turrets · blockhouses · entrenchments
- fortificationsfort, fortress, fortresses, citadel, citadels
- coastal defensesseawall, seawalls, sea wall, sea walls, breakwater
- battlementsbattlement, merlon, crenels, crenel, parapets
- coastal fortsFort McHenry, Fort Sumter
- siege warfaresiege, siege tower, siege engine, siege guns, siege warfare
- coastal artillerycoastal batteries, gun emplacements, heavy ordnance, Fort Sumter, Fort McHenry
embrasuresramparts
Protective fortress walls
blank walls · bulwarks · battlements · parapets · curtain walls
embrasurescrenels
Battlement openings for defense
shields · barriers · obstructions · blockades