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单词 brattice
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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

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English brutaske, bretage, bretice, from Anglo-French bretaske, bretage, Anglo-French, Old French bretesche “wooden parapet on a fortress,” from Medieval Latin (9th century) brittisca, apparently a Latinized form of Old English Bryttisc “British” (or a new formation in Medieval Latin ), on the presumption that such parapets were introduced from Britain; see British

Words nearby brattice

brat, Bratislava, brat pack, Bratsk, Brattain, brattice, brattishing, brattle, Brattleboro, bratty, bratwurst
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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.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5|Various
  • 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 Ure
  • Part of the brattice, which was very strong, was blown away at the bottom of the pits.

    The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson|Samuel Smiles
  • 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 Britō a Briton
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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