noun
Origin: ME bretice, bretasce < OFr bretesche, wooden tower < ML brittisca; prob. < OHG brittissa, lattice, balcony < bret, board
transitive verb bratticed, bratticing
See brattice in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English bretice, defensive structure
Origin: , from Old French bretesche
Origin: , from Medieval Latin bretescha (turris), British-style (tower)
Origin: , probably from Old English bryttisc, British
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