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bartizan (iou)



bartizan noun. obsolete exc. Hist. Also bartisan. M16.
[Scot. form of BRATTICING found esp. in 17 and reinterpreted E19 by Sir Walter Scott.]
A battlemented parapet at the top of a castle or church; esp. a battlemented turret projecting from an angle at the top of a tower.
bartizaned adjective furnished with a bartizan or bartizans E19.