brattice

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The boys came at length to a brattice, which is a screen, of either wood or heavy cloth, set up in a passage to divert the current of air to a bench where workmen are engaged, and dodged down behind it, after turning off their lights, of course,

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  1. noun A partition, typically of wood or cloth, erected in a mine for ventilation.
  2. noun A breastwork erected during a siege.

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  • Then I dragged myself on a bit, till I felt some brattice. —  Sir George Tressady — Volume II
  • "There is a little pool by the brattice. —  Sir George Tressady — Volume II
  • Perhaps the kids who gave the cry of the pack in there will then show their light again That's a good idea, too The boys came at length to a brattice, which is a screen, of either wood or heavy cloth, set up in a passage to divert the current of air to a bench where workmen are engaged, and dodged down behind it, first shutting off their lights, of course Now, come on with your old light," whispered Tommy As if in answer to the boy's challenge, the light showed again, apparently but a few yards away from their hiding place A moment later the call of the pack, sounding louder than before, rang through the passage. —  The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier
  • The boys came at length to a brattice, which is a screen, of either wood or heavy cloth, set up in a passage to divert the current of air to a bench where workmen are engaged, and dodged down behind it, after turning off their lights, of course, —  Boy Scouts in the Coal Caverns
  • The boys came at length to a brattice, which is a screen, of either wood or heavy cloth, set up in a passage to divert the current of air to a bench where workmen are engaged, and dodged down behind it, first shutting off their lights, of course. —  The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier
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  1. Middle English bretice, defensive structure, from Old French bretesche, from Medieval Latin bretescha (turris), British-style (tower), probably from Old English bryttisc, British.

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  1. = English dial. brattish, a shelf, from Middle English bretais, bretasce, bretis, bretage, britage, from Old French breteche, bretesche, bertesche, bretesque (= Provencal bertresca = Italian berteasca, baltresca, Middle Latin reflex bretechia, breteschia, bertescha, berthesca, bertresca, etc.), perhaps from Old High German Middle High German bret, German brett = Anglo-Saxon bred, a plank: see board.
  2. from brattice, n.
 

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