Etymology

bartisan

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Today it means: A parapet with battlements projecting from the top of a tower in a castle or church. Full definition →

Middle Scots bartisan ← Middle English bretasynge
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  1. Middle English · derived frombretasynge
  2. Middle Scots · borrowed frombartisan
  3. English todaybartisan

Borrowed by the Scottish novelist Walter Scott (see quotation) from Middle Scots bartisan, variant of bartising, from Middle English bretasynge. Doublet of bratticing.

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