[a. Fr. emplacement: see prec. and -MENT.]
1. The action of placing in a certain position; the condition of being so placed.
1869. Rawlinson, Anc. Hist., 64. The emplacement of each pyramid so as exactly to face the cardinal points.
2. a. Of a building, etc.: Situation, position. b. Site. rare.
1802. W. Taylor, in Robberds, Mem., I. 415. Buildings admired for their architecture, and well displayed by their emplacement.
1837. Blackw. Mag., XLI. 362. The French might have found … a more appropriate emplacement for the obelisk.
1862. Rawlinson, Anc. Mon., I. v. 95. The exact emplacement of the second [story] on the first is also doubtful.
1880. Blackw. Mag., Jan., 115/2. The large amphitheatre, the emplacement of which can still be traced on the side of the hill!
3. Mil. A platform for guns, with epaulements for the defence of those serving them.
1811. Wellington, in Gurw., Disp., VII. 258. They ought to make an emplacement for their field pieces.
1862. Ansted, Channel Isl., I. iii. (ed. 2), 42. Two … square emplacements, covering rocks, have been constructed.
1881. Daily News, 1 Sept., 2/4. A model emplacement, constructed of concrete.
