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单词 brattice
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Definition of brattice in English:

brattice

noun ˈbratɪsˈbrædəs
  • A partition or shaft lining in a coal mine, typically made of wood or heavy cloth.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At approximately 5:00 a.m. he went with Meadows to the section and the latter said to build three temporary brattices to redirect the air.
    • He had his castles rebuilt, the walls repaired and strengthened, brattices and battlements constructed and trenches made in front of castles.
    • The water was at the time running down the brattice as usual.
    • Tests were also carried out on the use of scoop brattices to ventilate headings.
    • Use our expansive on-line directory to source brattice cloth and other products and services from thousands of suppliers.
    • For most of that time, only the cocked hat atop Nelson's head was visible above the thick green brattices attached to the scaffolding.
    • It was the practice to fill in the spaces between the brattices and the wax walls with slack.
    • The pump and mortar solution are kept on a scoop, so that the brattice man only has to handle the spray gun.
    • Carpenters also build tunnel bracing, or brattices, in underground passageways and mines to control the circulation of air through the passageways and to worksites.
    • An inexpensive brattice cloth selection does not make the choice necessarily cost-effective.
    • Where necessary to render harmless and carry away noxious or flammable gases, line brattice or other approved methods of ventilation shall be used so as to properly ventilate the face.
    • It was past seven o'clock now and the first purple brattices of night were draping the eastern horizon.
    • The minimum quantity of air at the end of the line brattice before starting each cut and the operating range after the scrubber is started will be measured by a certified mine official.
    • The shaft at Moorfield had the brattice removed and was fitted out with two double-decked cages.
    • Anything that might be useful for erecting the seal, or needed while in isolation, should be collected, including items such as: ventilation tubing, brattice material, lunch kits, and lights.
    • There are air brattices arranged in air exits which can be used for adjusting the air directions or the air exits can be fixed with air brattices for adjusting the air directions.
    • Teams dug through the debris after clearing part of the main road and rebuilding the mine brattices as they advanced.
    • Children competed for the job of ‘door boy’: opening and closing canvas brattices that directed air through the active workings underground.
    • For instance, such people and equipment are susceptible to impact from vehicles passing through a brattice cloth screen.

Derivatives

  • bratticed

  • adjective
    • We then started back in the mine and bratticed ourselves in entry No.10, with a line of brattice works three deep on either side of them.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The auxiliary winder is a ground-mounted, single drum winder with a double-deck, six-man cage on fixed guides in a bratticed compartment in the shaft.
      • Some of these old gangways are bratticed or boarded shut and sealed so that it won't interfere with existing air ventilation.
      • The shaft is divided or bratticed into two compartments, in the other one of which the pumps and their apparatus are placed.
      • Nine men had survived the blast, had bratticed themselves into a side tunnel.

Origin

Middle English (denoting a temporary wooden gallery for use in a siege): from Old French bretesche, from medieval Latin britisca, from Old English brittisc 'British'. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.

 
 

Definition of brattice in US English:

brattice

nounˈbradəsˈbrædəs
  • A partition or shaft lining in a coal mine, typically made of wood or heavy cloth.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The pump and mortar solution are kept on a scoop, so that the brattice man only has to handle the spray gun.
    • Use our expansive on-line directory to source brattice cloth and other products and services from thousands of suppliers.
    • For most of that time, only the cocked hat atop Nelson's head was visible above the thick green brattices attached to the scaffolding.
    • An inexpensive brattice cloth selection does not make the choice necessarily cost-effective.
    • The water was at the time running down the brattice as usual.
    • Tests were also carried out on the use of scoop brattices to ventilate headings.
    • He had his castles rebuilt, the walls repaired and strengthened, brattices and battlements constructed and trenches made in front of castles.
    • Anything that might be useful for erecting the seal, or needed while in isolation, should be collected, including items such as: ventilation tubing, brattice material, lunch kits, and lights.
    • It was past seven o'clock now and the first purple brattices of night were draping the eastern horizon.
    • The shaft at Moorfield had the brattice removed and was fitted out with two double-decked cages.
    • Teams dug through the debris after clearing part of the main road and rebuilding the mine brattices as they advanced.
    • There are air brattices arranged in air exits which can be used for adjusting the air directions or the air exits can be fixed with air brattices for adjusting the air directions.
    • It was the practice to fill in the spaces between the brattices and the wax walls with slack.
    • Where necessary to render harmless and carry away noxious or flammable gases, line brattice or other approved methods of ventilation shall be used so as to properly ventilate the face.
    • At approximately 5:00 a.m. he went with Meadows to the section and the latter said to build three temporary brattices to redirect the air.
    • For instance, such people and equipment are susceptible to impact from vehicles passing through a brattice cloth screen.
    • The minimum quantity of air at the end of the line brattice before starting each cut and the operating range after the scrubber is started will be measured by a certified mine official.
    • Carpenters also build tunnel bracing, or brattices, in underground passageways and mines to control the circulation of air through the passageways and to worksites.
    • Children competed for the job of ‘door boy’: opening and closing canvas brattices that directed air through the active workings underground.

Origin

Middle English (denoting a temporary wooden gallery for use in a siege): from Old French bretesche, from medieval Latin britisca, from Old English brittisc ‘British’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.

 
 
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