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bartizan
bar·ti·zan
/
ˈbɑr
tə
zən, ˌbɑr
təˈzæn
/
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[
bahr
-t
uh
-z
uh
n, bahr-t
uh
-
zan
]
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noun
Architecture
.
a small overhanging turret on a wall or tower.
Origin:
1325–75;
Middle English
alteration of
bertisene,
misspelling of
bretising,
variant of
bratticing.
See
brattice
,
-ing
1
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bar·ti·zaned
/
ˈbɑr
tə
zənd
,
ˌbɑr
təˈzænd
/
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[
bahr
-t
uh
-z
uh
nd
,
bahr-t
uh
-
zand
]
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,
adjective
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bartizan
(ˈbɑːtɪzən, ˌbɑːtɪˈzæn)
—
n
a small turret projecting from a wall, parapet, or tower
[C19: variant of
bertisene
, erroneously for
bretising
, from
bretasce
parapet; see
brattice
]
bartizaned
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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