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Definition of Brettice
1. n. The wooden boarding used in supporting the roofs and walls of coal mines. See Brattice.
Definition of Brettice
1. Noun. (alternative form of brattice) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brettice
1. brattice [v BRETTICED, BRETTICING, BRETTICES] - See also: brattice
Medical Definition of Brettice
1. Origin: OE. Bretasce, bretage, parapet, OF. Bretesche wooden tower, F. Breteche, LL. Breteschia, bertresca, prob. Fr. OHG. Bret, G. Brett board; akin to E. Board. See Board, and cf. Bartizan. The wooden boarding used in supporting the roofs and walls of coal mines. See Brattice. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brettice
Literary usage of Brettice
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technologisches Wörterbuch in englischer und deutscher Sprache: Die Wörter by Gustav Eger, Otto Brandes (1884)
"(Bgb.)props, supporters; —strecke, f. (Bgb.) brettice, brettice-way; —weise, adv.
(Bgb.) upwards, towards the surface; ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly (1885)
"The firing of the shot produced a flame 190 feet long, accompanied by a report
like a thunder-clap. The inner brettice of the ..."
3. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1888)
"The inner brettice of the branch gallery was broken and drawn several yards into
the main gallery, but the outer one remained intact. ..."
4. Folk-etymology: A Dictionary of Verbal Corruptions Or Words Perverted in by Abram Smythe Palmer (1882)
"... a rampart, all seemingly for brettice, a boarding (Qer. brett, a board), like
lattice, from Fr. latte, a lath. Brattice, a fence of boards, is therefore ..."
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