Brattice meaning

brăt'ĭs
A partition, typically of wood or cloth, erected in a mine for ventilation.
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A breastwork erected during a siege.
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A temporary breastwork or parapet put up during a siege.
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A partition of wood, creosote-impregnated cloth, etc., used to control the flow of fresh air that is pumped into the mine.
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To furnish with a brattice.
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A wooden partition in a coal mine.
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Origin of brattice

  • Middle English bretice defensive structure from Old French bretesche from Medieval Latin bretescha (turris) British-style (tower) probably from Old English bryttisc British
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Brattice Sentence Examples

  • The air passes along one side of the brattice, courses round the free end, and returns on the' other side.

  • brattice cloth 8 feet wide.

  • Among the miscellaneous cloths made or made partly of cotton may be mentioned: waste cloths, made from waste yarns and usually coarse in texture; khaki cloth, made largely for military clothing in cotton as well as in woollen; cottonade, a name given to various coarse low cloths in the United States and elsewhere; lasting, which seems to be an abbreviation of "lasting cloth," a stiff, durable texture used in making shoes, &c.; bolting cloth, used in bolting or sifting; brattice cloth, a stout, tarred cloth made of cotton or wool and used for bratticing or lining the sides of shafts in mines; sponge cloths, used for cleaning machinery; shoddy and mungo, which though mainly woollen have frequently a cotton admixture; and splits, either plain or fancy, usually of low quality, which include any cloth woven two or three in the breadth of the loom and "split" into the necessary width.

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