brattice

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈbɹæt.ɪs/    美 /ˈbɹæt.ɪs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A partition in a coal mine, made from wood or from canvas sheeting coated in tar.
    — 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.
  2. 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. historical
    — […] When a breach was made in the castle wall, a brattice could be built within to serve as a new temporary defence.
动词 v.
  1. To divide into partitions of this kind. transitive

词形变化

brattices plural brettice alternative brettice alternative bretasche alternative bretesche alternative bretache alternative bretesse alternative bretesque alternative brattices present,singular,third-person bratticing participle,present bratticed participle,past bratticed past

词汇关系

衍生词
brattice cloth bratticed bratticer
相关词
bretessé bretessed

词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English bretage, bretace, from Old French bretesce, bretesche, breteske, from Late Latin brittisca.
词源 2
Inherited from Middle English bretage, bretace, from Old French bretesce, bretesche, breteske, from Late Latin brittisca.
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