brattice.
A partition in a coal mine, made from wood or from canvas sheeting coated in tar.
Meaning & usage
A partition in a coal mine, made from wood or from canvas sheeting coated in tar.
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.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English bretage, bretace, from Old French bretesce, bretesche, breteske, from Late Latin brittisca.
To divide into partitions of this kind.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English bretage, bretace, from Old French bretesce, bretesche, breteske, from Late Latin brittisca.
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