brat|tice

brat|tice «BRAT ihs», noun, verb, -ticed, -tic|ing.

–n.

1. a partition for ventilation in a mine, usually made of cloth impregnated with creosote, nailed to props erected as needed.

2. Obsolete. a temporary breastwork, parapet, or gallery of wood erected on the battlement of a fortress, for use during a siege.

–v.t.

1. to line the sides of (a shaft, or the like) with planking or boarding.

2. to provide with a brattice.

╂[earlier bretis < Old French bretesce wooden parapet, perhaps < Medieval Latin brittisca foreign, British fortification]