bartizan

American  

[bahr-tuh-zuhn, bahr-tuh-zan] / ˈbɑr tə zən, ˌbɑr təˈzæn /

noun

Architecture.

1. a small overhanging turret on a wall or tower.

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bartizan British  

/ ˌbɑːtɪˈzæn, ˈbɑːtɪzən, ˌbɑːtɪˈzænd, ˈbɑːtɪzənd /

noun

1. a small turret projecting from a wall, parapet, or tower

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Other Word Forms

• bartizaned adjective

Etymology

Origin of bartizan

1325–75; Middle English alteration of bertisene, misspelling of bretising, variant of bratticing. See brattice, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

We set to work, and soon had doubled back a strip of lead a foot broad from the centre till the glass ended by the bartizan on either side.

From Border Ghost Stories by Pease, Howard

The castle was before him; the western tower was in flames; the besiegers were pressing at the southern gate; Athelstane's banner, the bull rampant, was still on the northern bartizan.

From Burlesques by Thackeray, William Makepeace

High aloft hung the wooden bartizan or watch-tower, clinging to the face of the outer wall and looming black against the pale sky above.

From Otto of the Silver Hand by Pyle, Howard

I well remembered the little inner room formed by the bartizan of the tower, and into this I tip-toed, feeling horribly guilty.

From The Hunt Ball Mystery by Magnay, William

Whereupon Sir Hacon, upon the bartizan, cursed no more, but forgetful of his many wounds, waxed jubilant instead.

From Beltane the Smith by Farnol, Jeffery