: an often temporary partition of planks or cloth used especially to control mine ventilation
brattice
transitive verb
Word History
Etymology
Middle English bretais parapet, from Anglo-French bretesche, from Medieval Latin breteschia
First Known Use
1813, in the meaning defined above
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“Brattice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brattice. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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