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