noun
- Historical a temporary breastwork or parapet put up during a siege
- Mining a partition of wood, creosote-impregnated cloth, etc., used to control the flow of fresh air that is pumped into the mine
Origin:
ME bretice, bretasce < OFr bretesche, wooden tower < ML brittisca; prob. < OHG brittissa, lattice, balcony < bret, board
transitive verb bratticed, bratticing
to furnish with a brattice