Home › Words › B › bratticebrattice/ˈbɹæt.ɪs/brattice means A partition in a coal mine, made from wood or from canvas sheeting coated in tar.brattice is pronounced /ˈbɹæt.ɪs/.EtymologyInherited from Middle English bretage, bretace, from Old French bretesce, bretesche, breteske, from Late Latin brittisca.nounA partition in a coal mine, made from wood or from canvas sheeting coated in tar.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.e.g.“[…] When a breach was made in the castle wall, a brattice could be built within to serve as a new temporary defence.” — 2016, Peter Connolly, John Gillingham, John Lazenby, The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Warfare, Routledge, →ISBN:verbTo divide into partitions of this kind.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bratticing 79% match — The material used for forming brattices. vs brattice →brattishing 79% match — A brattice. vs brattice →bratticer 72% match — A worker who erects brattices. vs brattice →bratticed 70% match — Having brattices vs brattice →brisure 57% match — Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction. vs brattice →crossheading 57% match — A narrow opening for ventilation driven through coal or rock, separating the two passages. vs brattice →brickwork 55% match — A structure, or portion of a structure, that is made out of bricks. vs brattice →ginging 55% match — The lining of a mineshaft with stones or bricks to prevent collapse. vs brattice →