brattice
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brattice
- /ˈbɹæt.ɪs/ UK, US
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Inherited from Middle English bretage, bretace, from Old French bretesce, bretesche, breteske, from Late Latin brittisca.
noun brattices · brettice · bretèche · bretasche · bretesche
- A partition in a coal mine, made from wood or from canvas sheeting coated in tar. A practice then prevailed of blasting without nicking the side of the place which still continues and of conducting the current of air too far by means of brattice, to both of which practices I raised a strong objection. They admitted their inability to make the men nick the coal as they formerly di
- 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 brattices · bratticing · bratticed
- To divide into partitions of this kind.
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title = {brattice},
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