| 单词 | brattice |
| 释义 | brattice /brat"is/, n. , v. , bratticed, bratticing. n. 1. a partition or lining, as of planks or cloth, forming an air passage in a mine. 2. (in medieval architecture) any temporary wooden fortification, esp. at the top of a wall. [1300-50; ME brutaske, bretage, bretice < AF bretaske, bretage, AF, OF bretesche wooden parapet on a fortress < ML (9th century) brittisca, appar. a Latinized form of OE Bryttisc BRITISH (or a new formation in ML), on the presumption that such parapets were introduced from Britain] |
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