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Webster 1913 Edition


Brettice

Bret′tice

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Brettices
.
[OE.
bretasce
,
bretage
, parapet, OF.
bretesche
wooden tower, F.
bretèche
, LL.
breteschia
,
bertresca
, prob. fr. OHG.
bret
, G.
brett
board; akin to E.
board
. See
Board
,
Noun.
, and cf.
Bartizan
.]
The wooden boarding used in supporting the roofs and walls of coal mines. See
Brattice
.

Definition 2024


brettice

brettice

English

Noun

brettice (plural brettices)

  1. Alternative form of brattice

Verb

brettice (third-person singular simple present brettices, present participle bretticing, simple past and past participle bretticed)

  1. Alternative form of brattice