brattice

[ brat-is ]

noun
  1. a partition or lining, as of planks or cloth, forming an air passage in a mine.

  2. (in medieval architecture) any temporary wooden fortification, especially at the top of a wall.

verb (used with object),brat·ticed, brat·tic·ing.
  1. to provide with a brattice (often followed by up).

Origin of brattice

1
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English brutaske, bretage, bretice, from Anglo-French bretaske, bretage, Anglo-French, Old French bretesche “wooden parapet on a fortress,” from Medieval Latin (9th century) brittisca, apparently a Latinized form of Old English Bryttisc “British” (or a new formation in Medieval Latin ), on the presumption that such parapets were introduced from Britain; see British

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brattice

/ (ˈbrætɪs) /


noun
  1. a partition of wood or treated cloth used to control ventilation in a mine

  2. medieval fortifications a fixed wooden tower or parapet

verb
  1. (tr) mining to fit with a brattice

Origin of brattice

1
C13: from Old French bretesche wooden tower, from Medieval Latin breteschia, probably from Latin Britō a Briton

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