Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brattice

/ˈbɹæt.ɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables: brat-tice
IPA: /ˈbɹæt.ɪs/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A partition in a coal mine, made from wood or from canvas sheeting coated in tar.

noun

A wooden structure used for attack or defence, such as an archery tower, or a penthouse built over the entry to a castle for archers to shoot from.

verb

To divide into partitions of this kind.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"A practice then prevailed of blasting without nicking the side of the place which still continues and of conducting the current of air too far by means of brattice, to both of which practices I raised a strong objection. They admitted their inability to make the men nick the coal as they formerly did and thought the application of brattice could not be properly defined, but that it should be left to the discretion of the manager of each particular mine as to the distance openings should be made apart between the intake and return air courses."
"[…] When a breach was made in the castle wall, a brattice could be built within to serve as a new temporary defence."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bretage, bretace, from Old French bretesce, bretesche, breteske, from Late Latin brittisca.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: bretage, bretesce, brittisca

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈbɹæt.ɪs/
British English: /ˈbɹæt.ɪs/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

brattices (plural) brettice (alternative) bretasche (alternative) bretesche (alternative) bretache (alternative) bretesse (alternative) bretesque (alternative) brattices (present, singular) bratticing (participle, present) bratticed (participle, past) bratticed (past)

Derived Forms

bratticed bratticer

Phrases

brattice cloth

Frequently Paired Words

bretessé bretessed hoard

Questions

How do you pronounce brattice?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɹæt.ɪs/.
What does brattice mean?: A partition in a coal mine, made from wood or from canvas sheeting coated in tar.
Where does brattice come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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