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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
bratticing .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
brattice , n. - noun (Arch.) Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
brattice . - noun architecture Carved
openwork , as of ashrine ,battlement , orparapet .
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Scottish corruption of "bratticing" or "brattishing," from O.Fr. _bretesche_, and meaning a battlemented parapet; apparently first used by
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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