brattishingn.
/ˈbratɪʃɪŋ/ 1. Architecture. A cresting of open carved work on the top of a shrine.
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pommela1300
crest1430
finial1448
balloon1592
brattishingc1593
knob1610
cartouche1611
ogive1611
fret1626
galace1663
acroterion1664
paternoster1728
semi-urn1742
patera1776
purfling1780
sailing course1807
vesica piscis (also piscium)1809
antefix1819
vesica1820
garland1823
stop1825
Aaron's rod1830
headwork1831
Vitruvian scroll1837
hip knob1838
stelea1840
ball-flower1840
notch-head1843
brandishing1846
buckle1848
cat's-head1848
bucrane1854
cresting1869
semi-ball1875
canephorus1880
crest-board1881
wave pattern1905
husk1934
foliate head1939
green man1939
c1593 in J. Raine Descr. Anc. Monuments Church of Durham (1842) 35 Ther was a brattishing on the fore parte of the wainscott or rowffe, very fynely and curiously wrought.
1838 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 2) 19 Brattishing, a crest, or open parapet, richly carved.
1851 A. W. Pugin Rood Screens 32 A very elaborate screen of carved oak, surmounted by open bratishing.
1862 G. G. Scott Gleanings Westm. Abbey (ed. 2) 68 A piece of cresting or brattishing.
1867 H. T. Ellacombe in Trans. Exeter Dioc. Archit. Soc. I. 106 Surmounted by a brattishing of Tudor flower in burnished brass.
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2. regional. = bratticing n. in other senses.
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