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Definition of Brettices
1. brettice [v] - See also: brettice
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brettices
Literary usage of Brettices
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General View of the Agriculture and Minerals of Derbyshire: With by John Farey (1811)
"... the main Gates are obliged to be supported by brettices or packs of Puncheon-wood,
four feet long, laid close to each other, crossing each course, ..."
2. History of England by Frederick York Powell, Thomas Frederick Tout (1906)
"... for the ships of the French fleet were so strongly lashed together with great
chains, and fitted with great castles, brettices, and barricades. ..."
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