Brattice
a partition or lining, as of planks or cloth, forming an air passage in a mine.
(in medieval architecture) any temporary wooden fortification, especially at the top of a wall.
to provide with a brattice (often followed by up).
Historical Examples
The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson Samuel Smiles
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines Andrew Ure
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 Various
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines Andrew Ure
noun
a partition of wood or treated cloth used to control ventilation in a mine
(medieval fortifications) a fixed wooden tower or parapet
verb
(transitive) (mining) to fit with a brattice
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