bartizan
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of bartizan
1325–75; Middle English alteration of bertisene, misspelling of bretising, variant of bratticing. See brattice, -ing 1
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It opened into wide space: from it Donal stepped on a ledge or bartizan, without any parapet, that ran round the tower, passing above the window of his room.
From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by George MacDonald
"Nay, then I will keep thee company, good Sir Hacon!" smiled the Duchess a little tremulously, "shalt watch with me from the bartizan and tell me how the day goeth with us."
From Beltane the Smith by Jeffery Farnol
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 William Magnay
He glanced sharply at the deep recess, or inner chamber, formed by the bartizan, hesitated a moment, and then going quickly to it, looked in.
From The Hunt Ball Mystery by William Magnay
The crow’s-nest was built like a bartizan on the precipitous front of the position.
From A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa by Robert Louis Stevenson
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