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brattice [brat-is] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a partition or lining, as of planks or cloth, forming an air passage in a mine.
- (in medieval architecture) any temporary wooden fortification, especially at the top of a wall.
verb (used with object), brat·ticed, brat·tic·ing.
- to provide with a brattice (often followed by up).
Origin of brattice 1300–50; Middle English brutaske, bretage, bretice Anglo-French bretaske, bretage, Anglo-French, Old French bretesche wooden parapet on a fortress Medieval Latin (9th century) brittisca, apparently a Latinized form of Old English Bryttisc British (or a new formation in ML), on the presumption that such parapets were introduced from Britain Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for brattice Historical Examples of brattice
Part of the brattice, which was very strong, was blown away at the bottom of the pits.
The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson
Samuel Smiles
Fillets of wood are also fixed all the way down on each side of the brattice, constituting what is called a double pit.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines
Andrew Ure
The thirling a is then closed by a brick stopping, and the brattice boards removed forward for a similar operation.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines
Andrew Ure
The air passes along one side of the brattice, courses round the free end, and returns on the other side.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5
Various
British Dictionary definitions for brattice brattice noun
- a partition of wood or treated cloth used to control ventilation in a mine
- medieval fortifications a fixed wooden tower or parapet
verb
- (tr) mining to fit with a brattice
Word Origin for brattice C13: from Old French bretesche wooden tower, from Medieval Latin breteschia, probably from Latin Britō a Briton Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
