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bartizan

[bahr-tuh-zuh n, bahr-tuh-zan]
noun Architecture.
  1. a small overhanging turret on a wall or tower.
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Origin of bartizan

1325–75; Middle English alteration of bertisene, misspelling of bretising, variant of bratticing. See brattice, -ing1
Related formsbar·ti·zaned [bahr-tuh-zuh nd, bahr-tuh-zand] /ˈbɑr tə zənd, ˌbɑr təˈzænd/, adjective
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Historical Examples of bartizan

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

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

    Edited by Rev. James Wood

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

    The White Blackbird

    Hudson Douglas

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

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

British Dictionary definitions for bartizan

bartizan

noun
  1. a small turret projecting from a wall, parapet, or tower
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Derived Formsbartizaned (ˈbɑːtɪzənd, ˌbɑːtɪˈzænd), adjective

Word Origin for bartizan

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