brattice

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A partition in a coal mine, made from wood or from canvas sheeting coated in tar.
A wooden structure used for attack or defence, such as an archery tower, or a penthouse built over the entry to a castle for archers to shoot from.

verb

/ˈbɹæt.ɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brattice.wav

brattice brattices brettice bretasche bretesche bretache bretesse bretesque bratticing bratticed

Inherited from Middle English bretage, bretace, from Old French bretesce, bretesche, breteske, from Late Latin brittisca.

bretessé bretessed

brattice cloth bratticed bratticer

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