BRATTICE


Meaning of BRATTICE in English

[ 'bratɪs ]

■ noun a partition or shaft lining in a coal mine.

Derivatives

~d adjective

Origin

ME (denoting a wooden gallery for use in a siege): from OFr. bretesche , from med. L. britisca , from OE brittisc 'British'.

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