bartizan

[ bahr-tuh-zuhn, bahr-tuh-zan ]

noun

, Architecture.

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

bartizan

/ ˌbɑːtɪˈzænd; ˈbɑːtɪzən; ˌbɑːtɪˈzæn; ˈbɑːtɪzənd /

noun

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

Derived Forms

• bartizaned, adjective

Other Words From

• bar·ti·zaned [bahr, -t, uh, -z, uh, nd, bahr-t, uh, -, zand], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bartizan¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bartizan¹

C19: variant of bertisene , erroneously for bretising , from bretasce parapet; see brattice

Example Sentences

The next he was upon the beam, dragging himself toward the window of the bartizan just above.

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According to an old print, it terminated with a large battlement, and bartizan towers at the angles.

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Bartizan, an overhanging wall-mounted turret projecting from the walls of ancient fortifications.

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Some brooding spirit of the past might have been peering out at them from the watchman's wicket in the bartizan above.

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