See Also: Brattice(medicine)
brattice(dictionary)

brattice (iou)



brattice noun & verb. . ME.

A. noun.
A temporary breastwork, parapet, or gallery of wood, for use during a siege. obsolete exc. Hist. ME.
A wooden partition or shaft-lining in a mine. M19.
b. verb trans.
Fortify with a brattice. Only in LME.
Foll. by up: line (a shaft etc.) with a brattice. M19.