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BARTIZAN (according to the New English Dictionary, from bertizene, a Scottish corruption of " bratticing " or " brattishing," from O. Fr. bretesche, and meaning a battlemented parapet; apparently first used by Sir Walter Scott)

BARTIZAN (according to the New See also:
ENGLISH
English See also:
DICTIONARY
Dictionary, from bertizene, a Scottish corruption of " bratticing " or " See also:
BRATTISHING, or BRANDISHING (from the Fr. breteche)
brattishing," from O. Fr. bretesche, and meaning a battlemented See also:
PARAPET (Ital. parapetto, Fr. parapet, from para, imperative of Ital. porare, to cover, defend, and petto, breast, Lat. pectus; the German word is Brustwehr)
parapet; apparently first used by See also:
SIR
Sir See also:
WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)
Walter See also:
SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)
Scott) , a small battlemented See also:

TURRET (from O. Fr. tourette, diminutive of tour, tower, mod. Fr. tourelle)

turret, corbelled out at the See also:

ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle of a See also:

wall or See also:

TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower to protect a warder and enable him to see around him . Bartizans generally are furnished with oylets or arrow-slits .

End of Article: BARTIZAN (according to the New English Dictionary, from bertizene, a Scottish corruption of " bratticing " or " brattishing," from O. Fr. bretesche, and meaning a battlemented parapet; apparently first used by Sir Walter Scott)

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