bartizan

(bär′tə zən, bär′tə zan′)

noun

a small, overhanging turret on a tower or battlement, originally for defense or as a lookout

Origin: revived by Sir Walter Scott from a Scot form altered < ME bretasce, brattice

See bartizan in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A small, overhanging turret on a wall or tower.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of bratticing, timberwork

Origin: , from brattice

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