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arrowslit

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A slit, as in a castle wall, through which arrows can be fired.

Equivalents

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Българскиамбразура
Galegoseteira
日本語狭間
Portuguêsseteira

Examples

When they met in the church tower the gaps in their fragmentary conversation were filled up. […] They sat talking for hours on the dusty, twig-littered floor, one or other of them getting up from time to time to cast a glance through the arrowslits and make sure that no one was coming.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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