bartisan

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bartisan

/bɑːtɪˈzæn/

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Borrowed by the Scottish novelist Walter Scott (see quotation) from Middle Scots bartisan, variant of bartising, from Middle English bretasynge. Doublet of bratticing.

noun bartisans · bartizan

A parapet with battlements projecting from the top of a tower in a castle or church. she soon found it had no communication with any other part of the battlements, being an isolated bartisan, or balcony, secured, as usual, by a parapet, with embrasures, at which a few archers might be stationed for defending the turret, and flanking with their shot the wall of the castle on that sid

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@misc{bartisan_2026,
  title = {bartisan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bartisan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}