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bretesse

/bɹɛˈtɛs/

bretesse is the alternative form of brattice.

Meaning of brattice

Noun

brattice (plural brattices)

  1. 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...
  2. (historical) 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

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Forms of bretesse

pluralbretesses

Questions about bretesse

What is bretesse the alternative form of?
Bretesse is the alternative form of brattice.
How do you pronounce bretesse?
Bretesse is pronounced /bɹɛˈtɛs/.

Words near bretesse in the dictionary

  1. bretelles
  2. bretesche
  3. bretesches
  4. bretesque
  5. bretesques
  6. bretesse
  7. bretessed
  8. bretesses
  9. bretessy
  10. bretessé
  11. bretessée

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