brattice
/ˈbɹæt.ɪs/
brattice noun: a partition in a coal mine, made from wood or from canvas sheeting coated in tar.
Noun
brattice (plural brattices)
- A partition in a coal mine, made from wood or from canvas sheeting coated in tar.
- A practice then prevailed of blasting without nicking the side of the place which still continues and of conducting the current of air too far by means of brattice, to both of which practices I raised a strong objection. They admitted their inability to make the men nick the coal as they formerly...1872 February 28, Peter Higson, “[Mines. Reports of the Inspectors of Mines, to Her Majesty’s Secretary of State, for the Year 1871. Chapter 653.] Report of the Working of the Mines Inspection Act...
- A wooden structure used for attack or defence, such as an archery tower, or a penthouse built over the entry to a castle for archers to shoot from.
- […] When a breach was made in the castle wall, a brattice could be built within to serve as a new temporary defence.2016, Peter Connolly, John Gillingham, John Lazenby, The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Warfare, Routledge, →ISBN
Verb
brattice (third-person singular simple present brattices, present participle bratticing, simple past and past participle bratticed)
- To divide into partitions of this kind.
brattice meaning in Tamil
brattice in Tamil
- மரத்தடுப்பு, துணித்தட்டி, நிலக்கரிச் சுரங்ககளிலுள்ள மரத்தடுப்பு, சுரங்கங்களின் காற்றோட்ட அணை தட்டி, தட்டியிட்டுத்தடு, அணைதட்டி அமை
Forms of brattice
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | brattices |
| alternative form | brettice |
| alternative form | bretasche |
| alternative form | bretesche |
| alternative form | bretache |
| alternative form | bretesse |
| alternative form | bretesque |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | brattices |
| present participle | bratticing |
| past participle | bratticed |
| past | bratticed |
Origin of brattice
Inherited from Middle English bretage, bretace, from Old French bretesce, bretesche, breteske, from Late Latin brittisca.
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Questions about brattice
- What does brattice mean?
- Brattice means a partition in a coal mine, made from wood or from canvas sheeting coated in tar.
- What is brattice in Tamil?
- Brattice in Tamil is மரத்தடுப்பு, துணித்தட்டி, நிலக்கரிச் சுரங்ககளிலுள்ள மரத்தடுப்பு. See Brattice meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is brattice?
- Brattice can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce brattice?
- Brattice is pronounced /ˈbɹæt.ɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of brattice?
- The plural of brattice is brattices.
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Source and license
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