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bartizan definition

bar·ti·zan (bär′tə zən, bär′tə zan′)

noun

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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