brattice
[ brat-is ]
/ ˈbræt ɪs /
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
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Example sentences from the Web for brattice
The air passes along one side of the brattice, courses round the free end, and returns on the other side.
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 UrePart of the brattice, which was very strong, was blown away at the bottom of the pits.
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
British Dictionary definitions for brattice
brattice
/ (ˈbrætɪs) /
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
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