Etymology

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Today it means: A partition in a coal mine, made from wood or from canvas sheeting coated in tar. Full definition →

Middle English bretage ← Old French bretesce ← Late Latin brittisca
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  1. Late Latin · derived frombrittisca
  2. Old French · derived frombretesce
  3. Middle English · inherited frombretage
  4. English todaybrattice

Inherited from Middle English bretage, bretace, from Old French bretesce, bretesche, breteske, from Late Latin brittisca.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.