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bartizan

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BARTIZAN

Bar "ti *zan `, n. Etym: [Cf. Brettice. ] (Arch. )

Defn: A small, overhanging structure for lookout or defense, usually projecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance gateway.

New American Oxford Dictionary

bartizan

bar ti zan |ˈbärtəzən ˈbɑrdəzən | ▶noun Architecture an overhanging corner turret at the top of a castle or church tower. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from 17th -cent. bertisene, Scots variant of bratticing ‘temporary breastwork or parapet, ’ from brattice; revived and reinterpreted by Sir Walter Scott.

Oxford Dictionary

bartizan

bartizan |ˌbɑːtɪˈzan | ▶noun Architecture a battlemented parapet or an overhanging corner turret at the top of a castle or church tower. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from 17th -cent. bertisene, Scots variant of bratticing ‘temporary breastwork or parapet ’, from brattice; revived and reinterpreted by Sir Walter Scott.