bartizan

[ bahr-tuh-zuhn, bahr-tuh-zan ]

nounArchitecture.
  1. a small overhanging turret on a wall or tower.

Origin of bartizan

1
1325–75; Middle English alteration of bertisene, misspelling of bretising, variant of bratticing.See brattice, -ing1

Other words from bartizan

  • bar·ti·zaned [bahr-tuh-zuhnd, bahr-tuh-zand], /ˈbɑr tə zənd, ˌbɑr təˈzænd/, adjective

Words Nearby bartizan

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How to use bartizan in a sentence

  • The next he was upon the beam, dragging himself toward the window of the bartizan just above.

  • According to an old print, it terminated with a large battlement, and bartizan towers at the angles.

  • bartizan, an overhanging wall-mounted turret projecting from the walls of ancient fortifications.

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  • Some brooding spirit of the past might have been peering out at them from the watchman's wicket in the bartizan above.

    The White Blackbird | Hudson Douglas

British Dictionary definitions for bartizan

bartizan

/ (ˈbɑːtɪzən, ˌbɑːtɪˈzæn) /


noun
  1. a small turret projecting from a wall, parapet, or tower

Origin of bartizan

1
C19: variant of bertisene, erroneously for bretising, from bretasce parapet; see brattice

Derived forms of bartizan

  • bartizaned (ˈbɑːtɪzənd, ˌbɑːtɪˈzænd), adjective

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