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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024brat•tice (brat′is),USA pronunciation n., v., -ticed, -tic•ing. n. - Mininga partition or lining, as of planks or cloth, forming an air passage in a mine.
- Architecture(in medieval architecture) any temporary wooden fortification, esp. at the top of a wall.
- 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
- Anglo-French bretaske, bretage, Anglo-French, Old French bretesche wooden parapet on a fortress
- Middle English brutaske, bretage, bretice 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: brattice /ˈbrætɪs/ n - a partition of wood or treated cloth used to control ventilation in a mine
- a fixed wooden tower or parapet
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French bretesche wooden tower, from Medieval Latin breteschia, probably from Latin Britō a Briton |