brattice

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Pronunciation

/ˈbɹæt.ɪs/(UK)

Definition of brattice

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

A partition in a coal mine, made from wood or from canvas sheeting coated in tar.

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noun

A partition in a coal mine, made from wood or from canvas sheeting coated in tar.
(historical)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.

“[…] When a breach was made in the castle wall, a brattice could be built within to serve as a new temporary defence.”

verb

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

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