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noun
A parapet with battlements projecting from the top of a tower in a castle or church.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed by the Scottish novelist Walter Scott (see quotation) from Middle Scots bartisan, variant of bartising, from Middle English bretasynge. Doublet of bratticing.
