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

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 Magnay, William

When they reached the top, he took them past his door, and higher up the stair to the next, opening on the bartizan.

From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by MacDonald, George

"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 Farnol, Jeffery

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

From The White Blackbird by Douglas, Hudson

The lane ended in a terrace with a bartizan wall, which gave an out-look between high houses, as out of an embrasure, into the valley lying dark and formless several hundred feet below.

From New Arabian Nights by Stevenson, Robert Louis